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“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.”

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John Milton, born on December 9, 1608, in London, and died on November 8, 1674, was a renowned English poet and scholar. He is best known for his epic poem 'Paradise Lost,' which has had a profound impact on world literature. more

“For stories teach us, that liberty sought out of season, in a corrupt and degenerate age, brought Rome itself to a farther slavery: for liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands: neither is it completely given, but by them who have the happy skill to know what is grievance and unjust to a people, and how to remove it wisely; what good laws are wanting, and how to frame them substantially, that good men may enjoy the freedom which they merit, and the bad the curb which they need.”

Source: The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Biographical Introduction

“The most fundamental liberal failure of the current era: the failure to embrace a moral vision of America based on the transcendent faith that human beings are more than the sum of their material appetites, our country is more than an economic machine, and freedom is not license but responsibility.”

Humans Country America Freedom Human Beings Responsibility Moral Vision Economic Materials Machines Fundamentals Embrace Currents Our Country Eras Appetite License Transcendent

Author:Bill Moyers

“The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.”

Source: Fifty Essays (George Orwell) (Literary Thoughts Edition)

“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.”

Writing Action Freedom Rights Effects Citizens Speech Threat Isolation Thrive Freedom Of Speech Disrespect Cumulative

Book:It is what I think, 1947-1948

Source: It is what I think, 1947-1948

“It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.”

Ifs Thinking Belief Freedom Victory Prepared Defeat Be Prepared

Book:All Life is Problem Solving

Source: All Life is Problem Solving

“We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.”

Ifs Reason Freedom Plans Security Ethics Secure

Author:Karl Popper

“Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government.”

Ends Government Courses Freedom Too Much Security Civilization Aim Offspring Guarded

Book:Last Three Speeches on Kansas Ad Freedom: Feb. 7th, March 6th, and May 19th & 20th, 1856

Source: Last Three Speeches on Kansas Ad Freedom: Feb. 7th, March 6th, and May 19th & 20th, 1856

“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”

Inspirational Left Loses Freedom Words Nothing To Lose

Author:Kris Kristofferson

“Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground Mother earth will swallow you Lay your body down.”

Body Earth Mother Freedom Cost Lays Your Body Buried Mother Earth

Author:Stephen Stills

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