“The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.”

— Thucydides , History of the Peloponnesian War

Book II, 2.43
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II

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Greek historian and Athenian general

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“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”

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“The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.”

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“Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.”

Katherine Paterson (1932) American children's writer born and mainly raised in China

“To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.”

James Howell (1594–1666) Anglo-Welsh historian and writer

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“Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.”

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“The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by prison walls, or martial laws, or secret police. Over time, and across the Earth, freedom will find a way.”

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“The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.”

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