"Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism."
― Edward Gibbon
Topic(s):
Freedom
― Edward Gibbon
More From Edward Gibbon
- "But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous."
- "History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind."
- "Beauty is an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused."
More In Freedom
- "I mean there’s enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world – within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It’s hard to see."― Julian Assange
- "The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world."― Elizabeth Dole
- "Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces."― Charlie Dent