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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will.
Mark Twain1835–1910“Consistency” (5 December 1887)
We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.
Mark Twain1835–1910Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Chapter XVIIIIn context
This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime.
Mike Tysonborn 1966
- America
- Slavery
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
United States CongressThe Bill of Rights (Proposed 1789, ratified 1791), Amendment IIn context
- Liberty
- Religion
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
United States CongressThe Bill of Rights (Proposed 1789, ratified 1791), Amendment IIIn context
- Guns
- Liberty
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
United States CongressThe Bill of Rights (Proposed 1789, ratified 1791), Amendment IVIn context
- Justice
- Liberty
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
United States CongressThe Bill of Rights (Proposed 1789, ratified 1791), Amendment VIn context
- Justice
- Liberty
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
United States CongressThe Bill of Rights (Proposed 1789, ratified 1791), Amendment XIn context
- Government
- Liberty
The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears.
Jules Verne1828–1905Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), Part One, Chapter XIn context
- Power
Ah! sir, live⁠—live in the bosom of the waters! There only is independence! There I recognise no masters! There I am free!
Jules Verne1828–1905Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), Part One, Chapter XIn context
I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating.
Jules Verne1828–1905Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), Part One, Chapter XIn context
- Character
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free.
Swami Vivekananda1863–1902Pearls of Wisdom
- Fear
Karma is the eternal assertion of human freedom. If we can bring ourselves down by our karma, surely it is in our power to raise ourselves by our own karma.
Swami Vivekananda1863–1902Pearls of Wisdom
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Voltaire1694–1778Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers (1767): Troisième Entretien