“Every gift we accept is a tie. Sometimes, one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”
Albert Einstein (verified, secondary source)
“This delicate little plant [curiosity], aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom.
— Albert Einstein (verified)“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.”
— Winston Churchill (verified)