Defend Freedom

Famous quotes containing the words defend and/or freedom:

    “On a few words of what is real in the world
    I nourish myself. I defend myself against
    Whatever remains.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “It is a great many years since at the outset of my career I had to think seriously what life had to offer that was worth having. I came to the conclusion that the chief good for me was freedom to learn, think, and say what I pleased, when I pleased. I have acted on that conviction... and though strongly, and perhaps wisely, warned that I should probably come to grief, I am entirely satisfied with the results of the line of action I have adopted.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)