"Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes." ― E. M. Forster Topic(s): Freedom More From E. M. Forster "I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars." "Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life." "Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due – she reminds us too much of a prima donna." More In Freedom "I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us."― Mike Huckabee "A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will’s freedom after it."― Aldous Huxley "Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother."― Thomas Huxley