#freedom
"Once this was a free country. Oh, I always knew that couldn’t last, that here too things were bound to grind back to the norm—masters and serfs, whatever names they go by. And so far we continue happier than most of the world ever was. But damn, modern democracy has the technology to regiment us beyond anything Caesar, Torquemada, Suleyman, or Louis XIV dared dream of."
React to this quote
More by Poul Anderson
See allResonant Thoughts
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"While I am a Hindu, Mir Mushtaq who is presiding over this meeting is a Muslim. Mr. Frank Anthony who has a…"
— Lal Bahadur Shastri"Private ownership of tools, a basis of freedom when tools are simple becomes a basis of enslavement when to…"
— Upton Sinclair"How do they answer all this? They say that God “permits” it. What would you say to me if I stood by and saw…"
— Robert G. Ingersoll"There is no example of liberty established by Protestants resisting Catholics. The French tried it and fail…"
— John Dalberg-Acton"Freedom! A wanton slut on a profligate's breast!"
— Marina Tsvetaeva"Not only does each person have the freedom and the right to say what they think for the common good, they h…"
— Pope Francis
