"Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts." ― Baruch Spinoza Topic(s): Freedom More From Baruch Spinoza "For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." "Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character." "I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion." More In Freedom "Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom."― Stokely Carmichael "Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment."― Lord Chesterfield "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."― Pope John Paul II