"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." ― Pope John Paul II Topic(s): Freedom More From Pope John Paul II "Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it." "I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing." "What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust." More In Freedom "When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world."― Eliot Spitzer "It’s hard to generalize, because they’re all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field."― Walter Jon Williams "No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country."― Alexis de Tocqueville