Alexis de Tocqueville Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The man who asks of freedom
anything other than itself
is born to be a slave."

by:	Alexis de Tocqueville [Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel, le Comte de Tocqueville] (1805-1859) French historian
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Categories:	Authority, Freedom, Liberty, Responsibility, Slavery, Subservience
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That I could rate this quote an innumerable times and with countless stars. Welcome to Amerika, land of the fee and home of the slave. -- Mike, Norwalk 2
Good on you, Mike. -- jim k, austin tx
-- Ron w13, Or
This is heavy.... man. I think it means that freedom is not a means toward any end. It is itself the purpose of life. It is easy to fault the liberals for their claiming "freedom" as one of several tools for making members of society more comfortable, but it is only a tool to serve equality. But what about us? Do we put "making members of society more comfortable" above freedom? Is freedom how we make life better? Or does a higher standard of living somehow make freedom better? -- Walter Clark, Fullerton CA 1
Higher standers of living never made any body, more free, but it does give those who serve them more to do ! The elite corp, corral servants from their freedom, to be slaves. By stealing away their liberty first, then you must serve them, by way of your freedom, to serve them. Freedom to move about and speak, pacifying the decent. All the while, knowing you have no inheritance or a means to secure it. Land of the fee and home of the slave. Well said Mike. ! -- Ron w13, Or 1
Many confuse freedom with power... -- E Archer, NYC 1