#pre

Never look back; you may only find what you left or let you go. ↗

— Stefanos Livos

#inspirational #moving-on #nostalgia #nostalgic #past-and-future

Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse. ↗

— Alan Moore

#oppression #politics #power #freedom

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#freedom #personality #self-expression #freedom

For I may fall and I may fail but I will stand again each time and you will find no satisfaction. ↗

— pleasefindthis

#fail #fall #i-wrote-this-for-you #inspiration #life

The American press exists for one purpose only, and that is to convince Americans that they are living in the greatest and most envied country in the history of the world. The Press tells the American people how awful every other country is and how wonderful the United States is and how evil communism is and how happy they should be to have freedom to buy seven different sorts of detergent. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#freedom

Das war ein Vorspiel nur; dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." (Almansor) ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#books #bücherverbrennung #freedom-of-thought #human-rights #meinungsfreiheit

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#go #let go #life #our #precious

I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing. ↗

— Karl Rove

#be prepared #case #colleagues #consider #find

It sure is hell to be president. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#president #sure

I kind of like being depressed. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#being depressed #depressed #i #kind #like