“The freedom of a country can only be measured by its respect for the rights of its citizens, and it’s my conviction that these rights are in fact limitations of state power that define exactly where and when a government may not infringe into that domain of personal or individual freedoms that during the American Revolution was called “liberty” and during the Internet Revolution is called “privacy.”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you’ll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them.”
― The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
― The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
“The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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