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Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom it is what makes us men.
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.
Quotes By Thomas B. Macaulay
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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a...
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As civilization advances poetry almost necessarily declines.
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Perhaps no person can be a poet or even enjoy poetry without a certain...
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To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the...
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The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men...
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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal...
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There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces...
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The English Bible - a book which if everything else in our language should...
Quotes About Freedom
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and...
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What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or...
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If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed...
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We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take...
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for...
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Without economic development any potential for political openness and...
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The very first things that I did even in theater were bad guys. They are...
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To me music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.
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People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say 'If I...