All Quotes By Tag: Freedom-of-thought
“Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.”
“Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving. And they’ll be happy, because facts of that sort don’t change. Don’t give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.”
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“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is asculptor.Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they haveno need to be reminded.Plato: That is correct.Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.”
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“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
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“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.”
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“I do this real moron thing, and it’s called thinking. And apparently I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.”
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“Too many adults wish to ‘protect’ teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.”