Indefinite Extent

Famous quotes containing the words indefinite and/or extent:

“Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

“I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.”
—John Updike (b. 1932)