"He alone deserves liberty and life who..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.
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“The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights.[Ger., Das sterbliche Geschlecht ist viel zu schwachIn ungewohnter Hohe nicht zu schwindeln.]”
“Noble be man,Helpful and good!For that aloneSets him apartFrom every other creatureOn earth.”
“Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.”
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“Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the liberty of moving and using it at his own will. This is what is called personal liberty, and is given him by the Author”
“I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech - alike for the humblest man and the mightiest, and in the utmost freedom of conduct that is consistent with living in organizedsociety.”
“Where liberty is, there is my country.”
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“A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men who, even if their action be honest and intended for the public interest, are necessarily concentrated upon the great undertakings in which their own money is involved and who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.”
“O for a horse with wings!”
“Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.”