"The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all." ― Friedrich Durrenmatt Topic(s): Freedom More From Friedrich Durrenmatt "Pretend to be dumb, that’s the only way to reach old age." "We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior." "A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory." More In Freedom "I don’t play fantasy baseball anymore now because it’s too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up to such a high standard. I’m pretty serious about my fantasy football, though."― Nate Silver "Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother."― Thomas Huxley "Institutions – government, churches, industries, and the like – have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction."― Charles Horton Cooley