The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the…

The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.

— Edmund A. Opitz

As a general rule, the freedom of any people can be judged by the volume of their laughter.

— Anonymous

Boycotts don't work. They work in certain isolated situations, where you have some potential. But in the main, the best way to bring about…

— Robert Scheer

“The degree of personal freedom that exists in a society is determined more by the economic and technological structure of the society than by…

— Theodore J. Kaczynski

“Education is probably the single greatest factor in determining economic success and subsequent freedom in our society.”

— David Akadjian

“Freedom in society is gauged by our success in getting what we want and conditioned by status and power, by race, class and gender.…

— Gabor Maté

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

— Victor Hugo

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

— Milton Friedman

The simplest forms in the universe are the sphere and the circle. I represent them by disks and then I vary them... spheres of…

— Alexander Calder

People do stop me a lot, and what is really very rewarding is that the ages of the people who stop me vary so…

— Geraldine McEwan

The great generalities of the constitution have a content and a significance that vary from age to age.

— Benjamin Cardozo

This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t…

— Sarah Dessen

Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius…

— Washington Irving

Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply cannot be…

— Seth Klarman

The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers is taken as unity…

— Richard Doll