“Why should I fear death?
If I am, then death is not.
If Death is, then I am not.
Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?
Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear.
Religious tyranny did domineer.
At length the mighty one of Greece
Began to assent the liberty of man.”
―
If I am, then death is not.
If Death is, then I am not.
Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?
Long time men lay oppressed with slavish fear.
Religious tyranny did domineer.
At length the mighty one of Greece
Began to assent the liberty of man.”
―
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
“... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“As man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander and diviner thing. As he values his own rights, he begins to value the rights of others. And when all men give to all others all the rights they claim for themselves, this world will be civilized.”
― The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
― The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
“I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms. –Uncle Sam
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
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