“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.”
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
