Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake believed that to be free to choose, and not to be chosen for, is an inalienable ingredient in what makes human beings human.

Isaiah Berlin

Four Essays on Liberty

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Freedom Decisions and choices

Author

Isaiah Berlin

Source

Four Essays on Liberty

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Latvia Europe

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Citation

Berlin, Isaiah. Four Essays on Liberty. Oxford University Press, 1969, introduction.

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If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

Thurgood Marshall

Stanley v. Georgia

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First Amendment Constitutional law

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Thurgood Marshall
Source
Stanley v. Georgia
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Marshall, Thurgood. United States, Supreme Court. Stanley v. Georgia. United States Reports, vol. 394, 7 Apr. 1969, pp. 557-572. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/394/557/.

Another quote about Freedom

The most perfect of all works of art is true political freedom.

Friedrich Schiller

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Freedom Art

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen [On the Aesthetic Education of Man]." Horen, Jan. 1795, letter 2.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. On the Aesthetic Education of Man, edited by Alexander Schimidt, translated by Kenneth Tribe. Penguin Classics, 2016, letter 2.