#free

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. ↗

— Mike Pence

#believes #check #conservative #free #government

Go after the illegal employers. No free stuff. Take the handcuffs off law enforcement. They'll go home! They'll self-deport! The problem today is they break the law. They come across the border. And again, what's coming across that border today are bad guys! ↗

— Russell Pearce

#after #again #bad #bad guys #border

Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ↗

— Criss Jami

#art #artist #author #autobiography #character

We still (sometimes) remember that we cannot be free if our minds and voices are controlled by someone else. But we have neglected to understand that we cannot be free if our food and its sources are controlled by someone else. The condition of the passive consumer of food is not a democratic condition. One reason to eat responsibly is to live free. (pg. 323, The Pleasures of Eating) ↗

— Wendell Berry

#freedom #art

Hey, over here! Have your picture taken with a reclusive author! Today only, we'll throw in a free autograph! But wait, there's more! ↗

— Thomas Pynchon

#autograph #free #here #hey #more

I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#freedom #i #liked #more #painting

We will not allow anyone to perform any terrorist acts inside or from Afghanistan against anyone. We are a free country where Osama is living as a guest. This is the reality and it is up to the world to accept it. ↗

— Mohammad Rabbani

#acts #afghanistan #against #allow #any

Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs. ↗

— Glenn Greenwald

#censorship #freedom-of-speech #martyrdom #twitter #freedom

Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art. ↗

— Ishmael Reed

#bad #bad idea #enterprise #free #free enterprise

He'd kill for her, destroy for her, savage anyone who dared attempt to take her from him. And he would never let her go...even if she begged for her freedom. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#freedom