Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
He might be ragged and cold, or even starving, but so long as he could read, think, and watch for meteors, he was, as he said, free in his own mind.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Man, was, therefore, still a prisoner on his own planet.
A prison does not only lock its inmates inside, it keeps all others out. Her strongest prison is of her own construction.
Aren't people absurd! They never use the freedoms they do have but demand those they don't have; they have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
Furthermore, I have met only a very few people—and most of these were not Americans—who had any real desire to be free. Freedom is hard to bear.
Perhaps artists have more freedom.
You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free.
Wild creatures are happy enough if they don’t know they’re being kept in a cage.