"When a thought takes one’s breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence." ― Thomas W. Higginson Topic(s): Freedom Tags: takes, thought More From Thomas W. Higginson "There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor." "Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear." "Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges." More In Freedom "But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want."― Anita Roddick "We don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. Freedom is like that. It’s like air. When you have it, you don’t notice it."― Boris Yeltsin "Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever."― Lajos Kossuth