"Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason."

-- Erich Fromm

#Freedom Quotes #Men Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving.”
“What am I supposed to do with a wool coat? Especially here in Palm Springs?â€ â€œSleep with it,â€ he suggested. â€œThink of me.”
“In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.”
“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.”
“Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need.”
“In the last quarter of the 20th century, Britons have been understandably obsessed with the problem of having too little power in the world. In the third quarter of the 18th century, by contrast, their forebears were perplexed by the problem of having acquired too much power too quickly over too many people.”
“The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.”
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail. The religion and public liberty of a people are intimately connected; their interests are interwoven, they cannot subsist separately; and therefore they rise and fall together. For this reason, it is always observable, that those who are combin'd to destroy the people's liberties, practice every art to poison their morals.”

Source : Samuel Adams (1906). “The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773”

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