#libert

At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: “I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites. ↗

— Steve Biko

#family #liberty #south-africa #death

Democracy is the best revenge. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#freedom #liberty #politics #freedom

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#constitution #interfere #liberties #maintained #must

I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#freedom #liberty #will #freedom

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expect #liberty #translated

The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#liberty #prison #secure #freedom

Unites States: the country where liberty is a statue. ↗

— Nicanor Parra

#freedom #liberty #freedom

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone. ↗