“People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.”
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anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and sp… 1868–1940Related quotes
“it takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeded.”
“Only powerful people have liberty.”
As quoted in "The Economist" (8 October 2011), p. 67
“Penalties are only missed by those who have the courage to take them.”
Roberto Baggio, 2001
Source: AUGURI CAMPIONE: LA JUVE NON TI HA DIMENTICATO, Tutto Juve, Italian, 1 May 2014 http://www.tuttojuve.com/storia-bianconera/auguri-campione-la-juve-non-ti-ha-dimenticato-16487,
“Sapere Aude! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!”
What is Enlightenment? (1784)
Variant: Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.
Source: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Context: Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without being guided by another. Sapere Aude! Have the courage to use your own intelligence! is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.
“It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
1990s
Context: We have depended on government for so much for so long that we as people have become less vigilant of our liberties. As long as the government provides largesse for the majority, the special interest lobbyists will succeed in continuing the redistribution of welfare programs that occupies most of Congress's legislative time.
Speech in the House of Representatives, September 17, 1997
“Many much-learned men have no intelligence.”
Freeman (1948), p. 152 [Democr. "Fragment B 64" http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/philosophes/democrite/diels.htm ("Demokrates 29" in Stobaeus, Anthologium III, 4, 81)]
Variant: There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.