“The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other.”
Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
“The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other.”
Richard Bach book Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
“The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.”
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary
Source: The Mark of a Man
Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
Address to the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois. (21 July 1952); published in Speeches of Adlai Stevenson (1952) p. 17
Context: What counts now is not just what we are against, but what we are for. Who leads us is less important than what leads us — what convictions, what courage, what faith — win or lose. A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
“Oh, be wise, Thou!
Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet
Quote reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 419-23.
Lines (1795)
“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.”
William H. Gass (1924–2017) Fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor
Source: A Temple of Texts
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Letter to Frances Stevenson (22 January 1929), quoted in My Darling Pussy: The Letters of Lloyd George and Frances Stevenson, 1913–41, ed. A. J. P. Taylor (1975), p. 114
Leader of the Liberal Party
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969) Dutch feminist, author
"Author, activist condemns Muslim faith at Palm Beach talk", Palm Beach Daily News (21 March 2009)
Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding