Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freed

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. – Rosa Luxemburg

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