“Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave.”
Source: Listen, Little Man!
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Austrian-American psychoanalyst 1897–1957Related quotes
“There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.”
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) British soldier and statesman
In response to William Huskisson declaring there had been a mistake, and he had not intended to resign, after Wellington chose to interpret a letter to him detailing his obligation to vote for a measure opposed by him as a letter of resignation. As quoted in The Military and Political Life of Arthur Wellesley: Duke of Wellington (1852) by "A Citizen of the World", and in Wellingtoniana (1852), edited by John Timbs.
Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist
Chapter VI http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abeslmca3t.html <br class="br">1830s, An Appeal on Behalf of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833)
“Freedom has a thousand charms to show,
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
Source: Table Talk (1782), Line 260.
John Allen Fraser (1931) Canadian politician
Source: The House Of Commons At Work (1993), Chapter 1, The System of Government, p. 4
“This slip has been inserted by mistake.”
Alasdair Gray (1934–2019) Scottish writer and artist
An erratum slip in the first edition.
Unlikely Stories, Mostly (1983)
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899–1977) philosopher and university president
Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
Source: 1900s, Our National Parks (1901), chapter 10: The American Forests