Freedom Quote by Gerry Spence Download Open image “Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.” — Gerry Spence ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Freedom Libertarian Libertarianism Liberty Men Pain Shackles
Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The aftermath of bearing shackles is an exquisite devastation, fraught with the ravages of survival. Even though one is no longer held captive—be that from a person, a government, or one’s inner self—the scars are deeply engraved into one’s psyche, and there’s no remedy for the soul. Many have the misconception that freedom equals happiness forever and ever. That’s a… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share
Everybody wants freedom. You don't want to be shackled, especially as an artist. Nobody wants to be shackled, at the end of the day. — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
“For a man to find true freedom, he must free himself from the grip of his fears.” — Kevin May Copy Share Image
Man's freedom is lacking if somebody else controls what he needs, for need may result in man's enslavement of man. — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
“Man’s freedom does not free him from necessity. But twists it into unforeseeable consequences.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end, a man's… — Sonny Barger Copy Share Image
Man's freedom is never in being saved from troubles, but it is the freedom to take trouble for his own good, to make the… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
“A man can be standing on the outside and completely imprisoned on the inside." "Freedom is not the absence of constraints. It is the… — Ibrahim B. Amunikoro Copy Share Image
“The more I study the works of men in their institutions, the more clearly I see that, in their efforts after independence, they become slaves, and that their very freedom is wasted in vain attempts to assure its continuance. That they may not be carried away by the flood of things, they form all sorts of attachments; then as soon… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share
“A man can live free and not seek to limit the freedom of others so long as no one seeks to limit his.” — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Each of us has been endowed with the perfect power to be free. Slavery is a state of mind that fails to acknowledge the… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
When you are faced with prejudice, logic and justice are impotent. Still, we may have an obligation to argue directly into the face of… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the mysteries of his own… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
The new and most powerful union of all will be a union of one one man, one woman, one worker with special skills, an… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Love is how we feel toward those who show us that which is lovable about ourselves. — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies. — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which,… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Nearly every day on the television set the hero cop breaks into the bad guy's house and beats a confession out of him and… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
Our prejudices - we all have them - are part of our personality structure. The problem is that our prejudices may lie lurking at… — Gerry Spence 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
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