Born free Quote by Henry David Thoreau Download Open image “What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?” — Henry David Thoreau ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Born free Freedom Freedom Means Mean Means Moral Moral Moral freedom Political Political freedom Politics Value Political Values
Like wealth, or health, political freedom may simply be something that people don't value if they've always had it. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Political freedom is, or ought to be, the best guaranty for the safety and continuance of spiritual, mental, and civil freedom. It is the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Political freedom is neither easy nor automatic, neither pleasant nor secure. It is the responsibility of the individual for the decisions of society as… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Economic freedom is an essential requisite for political freedom. By enabling people to cooperate with one another without coercion or central direction, it reduces… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
[Freedom] is the greatest of political goods. I do not say freedom is the greatest of all goods: the best things come from within… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The practical reason for freedom is that freedom seems to be the only condition under which any kind of substantial moral fiber can be… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law... are universal values of the human spirit. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
Release your majestic mind, embrace your untamed inner spirit. Break free from captivity, avoid society.. You were born to be free. — Melanie Muller Copy Share Image
Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have been surprised;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“I know now that the poem in my head, the one that pushed me to the page, begged me - or dared me to… — Juan-Paolo Perre Copy Share Image
“Free will. That term seemed to mean something to him, I realized, as I recalled his answer to a question I’d asked the day… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights. Social distinctions can be based only on the common utility. — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
“It is quite useless to declare that all men are born free if you deny that they are born good.” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
![“[Freedom] is the greatest of political goods. I do not say freedom is the greatest of all goods: the best things come from within they are such things as creative art, and love, and thought. Such things can be helped or hindered by political conditions, but not actually produced by them; and…” quote by Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f45/bertrand-russell-69_and-love_freedom-is-the-greatest-of-political-goo_2076118.jpg)
