Nov 09, 2005 16:54
"The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by prison walls, or martial laws, or secret police. Over time, and across the Earth, freedom will find a way."
isn't that an incredible quote?
except...i just saw who said it.
george w. bush.
i think i want to cry.
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"Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word FREEDOM should ever be more than an empty political slogan."
-Wilhelm Reich
I think that's exactly what freedom has been for a long time - an abstract idea that revolutionaries, anarchists, dictators, fascists, and the public has held onto as an unqualified goal, a goal which is always to be strived for, but upon its fulfillment has nothing tangible to offer us. Real freedom is not found in petty words or ambiguous and timid manifestos or in impressive sounding political orations. Truly unrestrained freedom is impossible in organized society, because just as liberty is the birthright of a man, the birthright of all men is equality.
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i had to just write a paper on it, and i ended up staring at a blank screen for like an hour.
but yeah, thanks for the food for thought.
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