A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought, provided he knows how to choose his subject properly… But the scene is changed… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
All I want is' - and he uttered the final words through clenched teeth and with a sort of shame - 'to… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
In any society freedom of thought will probably be of direct significance for a small minority. But this does not mean that… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“the quarrel is not against any particular points of hard digestion in the Christian system, but against religion in general; which, by… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public;… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Life without Freedom is like a body without a soul, and Freedom without Thought is like a confused spirit. . . .… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticism; but, with freedom, we are… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
“When the Christian Crusaders in the East came into collision with that invincible order of assassins, that order of free spirits par… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
A public-school system, if it means the providing of free education for those who desire it, is a noteworthy and beneficent achievement… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by… — Andrei Sakharov Copy Share Image
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image