"Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent."

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Source : Fisher Ames (1809). “Works of Fisher Ames, compiled by a number of his friends”, p.244

Fisher Ames

#Freedom Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Habit Quotes

“In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.”
“I'm building a dream with elevators in it.”
“Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy.”
“I love dressing for the winter - especially in baggy chunky cardigans.”
“Tea Party members go to meetings on Medicare scooters.”
“There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.”
“My dear Smollett ... disgraces his talent by writing those stupid romances called history.”
“I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.”

Source : Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. June 11, 2012.

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