Freedom Quote by Franz Grillparzer Download Open image “Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!” — Franz Grillparzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Freedom Pedantry Pedants
“Robespierre was unmoved by the mayhem he unleashed. “Terror is nothing other than prompt, severe, inflexible justice” he once declared.” — David S. Kidder Copy Share Image
And Robespierre, the Incorruptible, who loved us so much he cut off our heads so we would not be troubled by too many thoughts. — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“Ask Robespierre. Ask the man with the conscience which is more important, your friend or your country— ask him how he weighs an individual… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace or after ages of conflict and war, but come it will, and abide it will, so… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The idea of a specifically Robespierrist terror was a myth, invented by the Termidoreans, the men who overthrew Robespierre, who themselves were very much… — Marisa Linton Copy Share Image
The greatness of a popular character is less according to the ratio of his genius than the sympathy he shows with the prejudices and… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
“It is true that freedom, when it is made up principally of privileges, insults labor and separates it from culture. But freedom is not… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Freedom cannot be labeled nor won nor envied. Only when one doesn't realize what freedom is, is one truly free.” — D.J. Niko Copy Share Image
“I condemn the liberty that is found in words and I ask for true freedom that’s visible to all.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
“To menace the freedom of thought, religion, and personal safety of other citizens is not long permitted by a nation of free men, for… — Gladys Hasty Carroll Copy Share Image
“"Freedom is fundamentally the possibility of standig on a street corner and shouting “There is no freedom here!” — Yoani Sánchez Copy Share Image
Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Genius resembles a bell; in order to ring it must be suspended into pure air, and when a foreign body touches it, its joyful… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock asnot going… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turnedinto a church lady. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
We live in the greatest country in the world because of the veterans who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom and the security… — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“No one was more surprised than I to realize that my newfound freedom had been purchased by giving up on eternity and settling for… — Carolyn Jessop Copy Share Image
“In a world of fixed future, there can be no right or wrong. Right and wrong demand freedom of choice, but if each action… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived,… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“I have to blame myself for not finding any way of reaching him, but I can't feel that either Ruth or I had anything… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
