Logo
Quote by David Riesman
The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misl

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other. – David Riesman

Other quotes by David Riesman
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Freedom
category

The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to anothers state of consciousness. – Paul Twitchell

Category:
Freedom

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have. – Jacqueline Bisset

Category:
Freedom

Watching President Obama apologize last week for Americas arrogance – before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans – helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions. – Rick Santorum

Category:
Freedom

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom. – George W. Bush

Category:
Freedom

Random Quotes

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybodys power and is not easy. – Aristotle

Category:
Anger

Designing is my hobby. If I didnt do what I do for a living – at some point when I dont do this for a living – Ill probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture. – Ellen DeGeneres

Category:
design

I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
Lawyers

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. Ecclesiasticus 13:1 – Bible

Category:
Pride