"Here at least we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice to reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."
"A brave people will certainly prefer liberty accompanied with a virtuous poverty to a depraved and wealthy servitude. But before the price of comfort and opulence is paid, one ought to be pretty sure it is real liberty which is purchased, and that she is to be purchased at no other price."
— Edmund Burke
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
"I beg you to accept that there is no people on earth who would not prefer their own bad government to the good government of an alien power."
"I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by the Americans, because however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it."
— Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippine Commonwealth. (Also doubles for Occupiers Out of Our Country)
"Taftani value their freedom over all else. When they refused the invitation to join the Council of Nine, it was to protect their freedom. Likewise, the freedom to use wild and vulgar magic - in their eyes, the freedom to tell an important truth - is more important to them than health, than safety, and far more important than stability or the acceptance of others."
— Mage: The Ascension - Lost Paths
"The New Conglomerate are a separatist faction determined to remain free of the controlling and domineering Republic. They feel that any form of control is oppression and that a miserable free man is better off than a contented slave."
"Lean freedom is better than fat slavery."
— Aesop
I almost fell down [that cliff]. And it was all my choice! YEE-HAW, INDEPENDENCE!
—Ruby, Steven Universe, "The Question"
Kaz: Just because there's no polished clean capital town where no dissent is allowed and all manner of independent thought has been completely whitewashed and quashed by the royals... Just because there's none of that doesn't make it a bad place, and, in fact, it makes it an excellent place. I would much rather have a dirty, free city where I could speak my mind and fight a man in the streets.
medibot: And get hanged for it?
Kaz: No one's getting hanged! The noose is symbolic.
medibot: And get hanged for it?
Kaz: No one's getting hanged! The noose is symbolic.
One tattered wolf howled, "Lead us again, O Akela. Lead us again, O Man-cub, for we be sick of this lawlessness, and we would be the Free People once more."
"Nay," purred Bagheera, "that may not be. When ye are full-fed, the madness may come upon you again. Not for nothing are ye called the Free People. Ye fought for freedom, and it is yours. Eat it, O Wolves."
"Nay," purred Bagheera, "that may not be. When ye are full-fed, the madness may come upon you again. Not for nothing are ye called the Free People. Ye fought for freedom, and it is yours. Eat it, O Wolves."
"It's better to be first in Hell than last in Heaven!"
—Chains Cooper, Stone Cold
