other people's thoughts on freedom

*your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. it is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. he accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.* - huxley

*they who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.* - benjamin franklin

*freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.* - c. wright mills

*when liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. when it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.* - dorothy thompson

*we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.* - edward r. murrow

*the average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe.* - h.l. mencken

*people hardly ever make use of the freedom they have. for example, the freedom of thought. instead they demand freedom of speech as a compensation.* - søren kierkegaard

and the classic: *freiheit ist einsicht in die notwendigkeit.* - friedrich engels