“Those who would trade in their freedom
For their protection deserve neither”
Talib Kweli (1975) American rapper
Going Hard (track 1)
Albums, The Beautiful Struggle (2004)
“He, who sacrifices freedom for the sake of security, deserves neither. ”
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American author, printer, political theorist, politician, p… 1706–1790Related quotes
Gerry Spence (1929) American lawyer
Source: Give Me Liberty! (1998), Ch. 16 : Security, the One-Way Ticket to Slavery, p. 174
“Of freedom and of life he only is deserving
Who every day must conquer them anew.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe book Faust
Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das Leben
Der täglich sie erobern muß.
Variant translations:
Freedom and life are earned by those alone
Who conquer them each day anew.
trans. Walter Kaufmann
He only earns his freedom and existence,
Who daily conquers them anew.
trans. Bayard Taylor
Act V, Court of the Palace
Faust, Part 2 (1832)
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Variant: Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
Source: Complete Works - Volume XII
Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant
Source: 1930s- 1950s, The Future of Industrial Man (1942), p. 115
“It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.”
Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975) Chinese politician and military leader
The Generalissimo's son: Chiang Ching-kuo and the revolutions in China and Taiwan, Jay Taylor, 2000, Harvard University Press, 59, 0674002873, 2010-06-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=_5R2fnVZXiwC&pg=PA59&dq=It+is+not+worth+it+to+sacrifice+the+interest+of+the+country+for+the+sake+of+my+son&hl=en&ei=vwe9TIvGF8L78Aa81ZzGDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20not%20worth%20it%20to%20sacrifice%20the%20interest%20of%20the%20country%20for%20the%20sake%20of%20my%20son&f=false, <br class="br"> Chiang Kai Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost, Jonathan Fenby, 2005, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 205, 0786714840, 2010-06-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=YkREps9oGR4C&pg=PA205&dq=It+is+not+worth+it+to+sacrifice+the+interests+of+the+country+for+the+sake+of+my+son&hl=en&ei=MgW9TNvcKsP78Abztqi1Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20not%20worth%20it%20to%20sacrifice%20the%20interests%20of%20the%20country%20for%20the%20sake%20of%20my%20son&f=false,
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) Dutch philosopher
Steven Nadler, in his article Spinoza's Vision of Freedom, and Ours https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/spinozas-vision-of-freedom-and-ours/ (The New York Times, 5 February 2012) <br class="br">M - R, Steven Nadler
Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian
Source: Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1954), pp. vii - viii
Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970) second president of Egypt
Stephens, Robert Henry (1972), Nasser: A Political Biography, New York
