Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The reco...very of this standard demands of everyone who loves this country a hard look at himself, for the greatest achievments must begin somewhere, and they always begin with the person. If we are not capable of this examination, we may yet become one of the most distinguished and monumental failures in the history of nations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ah! Freedom is a noble thing! Freedom makes man to have liking:... Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That is coupled to foul thraldom. But if he had assayed it,... Then all perquer he should it wit; And should think freedom more to prize Than all the gold in world that is.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As for freedom, it will soon cease to exist in any shape or form. Living will depend upon absolute obedience to a strict set of ar...rangements, which it will no longer be possible to transgress. The air traveler is not free. In the future, life's passengers will be even less so: they will travel through their lives fastened to their (corporate) seats.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The freedom of indifference, the indifference of freedom, the will dust in the dust of its object, the act a handful of sand let f...all--these were some of the shapes he had sighted, sunset landfall after many days.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The mere fact of leaving ultimate social control in the hands of the people has not guaranteed that men will be able to conduct th...eir lives as free men. Those societies where men know they are free are often democracies, but sometimes they have strong chiefs and kings. ... they have, however, one common characteristic: they are all alike in making certain freedoms common to all citizens, and inalienable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The goal for all blind skiers is more freedom. You don't have to see where you're going, as long as you go. In skiing, you ski wit...h your legs and not with your eyes. In life, you experience things with your mind and your body. And if you're lacking one of the five senses, you adapt.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »