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“Ich will doch sehen, wer mich hält, - wer mich zwingt, - wer der Mensch ist, der einen Menschen zwingen kann.”

Book:Emilia Galotti

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Emilia Galotti

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a prominent German writer and philosopher, known for his contributions to the Enlightenment. He is celebrated for his plays, poetry, and literary criticism, which often explored moral and philosophical themes. more

“These three children own the summer. They know the wood as surely as they know the micro landscapes of their own grazed knees; put them down blindfolded in any dell or clearing and they could find their way out without putting a foot wrong. This is their territory, and they rule it wild and lordly as young animals; they scramble through its trees and hide-and-seek in its hollows all the endless day long, and all night in their dreams.”

Freedom Childhood Adventure Summer Woods

Book:In the Woods

Source: In the Woods

“Freedom is the most precious property; I resisted the misery to keep my freedom.”

Freedom

Author:Pierre-Jean de Béranger

“The woman leads a twofold existence indeed, the depth of her social ostracism being equally only by her stoic endurance. To live in harmony with the society of man, to conform with men's demands, she resigns herself to a self-effacement that is demeaning, she sacrifices herself.”

Freedom Struggle Feminism Gender Liberation African Feminism

Book:Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle

Source: Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle

“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom." [Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak, 343 U.S. 451, 467 (1952) (dissenting)]”

Freedom Solitude Privacy

Author:William O. Douglas

“Augustine taught that true freedom is not choice or lack of constraint, but being what you are meant to be. Humans were created in the image of God. True freedom, then, is not found in moving away from that image but only in living it out.”

Freedom Image Of God

Author:Augustine of Hippo

“Forgiveness is really just another word for freedom.”

Freedom Forgiveness

Author:Julie Lessman

“People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.”

Freedom Liberty Libertarian Libertarianism

Author:Hany Ghoraba

“Life’s too short to not forgive those who hurt us. I trust you to do what’s right. Right by your own heart.…Forgiveness sets you free.”

Life Freedom Forgiveness

Book:Whale Song

Source: Whale Song

“Freely chosen, discipline is absolute freedom.”

Freedom

Author:Ron Serino

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