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Baruch Spinoza:He alone is free who lives with


He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.
by Baruch Spinoza


Mason Cooley:Good advice is never as helpful as


Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.
by Mason Cooley


Horace:Who then is free? The wise man who can


Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.
by Horace


Seneca:There is no genius free from some


There is no genius free from some tincture of madness.
by Seneca


Paul Tillich:Decision is a risk rooted in the


Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
by Paul Tillich


Alexander Pope:Love, free as air at sight of


Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.
by Alexander Pope


Jean-Paul Sartre:Man is condemned to be free;


Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
by Jean-Paul Sartre


Ugo Betti:This free will business is a bit


This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.
by Ugo Betti


Dr. Robert W. Prehoda:In ecology, as in


In ecology, as in economics, TANSTAAFL(There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) is intended to warn that every gain is won at some cost. Failure to recognize the 'no free lunch' law causes the buffalo hunter mentality syndrome the unthinking assumption that there will always be plenty because there always has been plenty.
by Dr. Robert W. Prehoda


Thomas Carlyle:Everywhere the human soul stands


Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.
by Thomas Carlyle


Epicurus:It is better for you to be free of fear


It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet,than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
by Epicurus


Thomas Erskine:Thus I have maintained by English


Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure.
by Thomas Erskine


Franklin Roosevelt:Human kindness has never


Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.
by Franklin Roosevelt


Jean Michel Chapereau:They smell, they snarl and


They smell, they snarl and they scratch; they have a singular aptitude for shredding rugs, drapes and upholstery; they're sneaky, selfish and not at all smart; they are disloyal, condescending and totally useless in any rodent free environment.
by Jean Michel Chapereau


Bruce Barton:What a curious phenomenon it is


What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
by Bruce Barton


Oscar Wilde:Thirty-five is a very attractive


Thirty-five is a very attractive age, London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
by Oscar Wilde


Abraham Lincoln:Peace will come soon and come to


Peace will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have to be proved that among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their cases and pay the cost.
by Abraham Lincoln


Henry David Thoreau:By avarice and selfishness,


By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber.
by Henry David Thoreau


Albert Pike:Of that Equilibrium between


Of that Equilibrium between Authority and Individual Action which constitutes Free Government, be settling on immutable foundations Liberty with Obedience to Law, Equality with Subjection to Authority, and Fraternity with Subordination to the Wisest and the Best: and of that Equilibrium between the Active Energy of the Will of the Present, expressed by the Vote of the People, and the Passive Stability and Permanence of the Will of the Past, expressed in constitutions of government, written or unwritten, and in laws and customs, gray with age and sanctified by time, as precedents and authority.
by Albert Pike


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