Friday, December 17, 2010

Quote no. 5

Man is free, but not if he does not believe it.
Giacamo Girlamo Cassanova de Seingalt 

And Julian Assange has been released from prison in UK, although with heavy restrictions to his freedom.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

And quote no. 4 about FREEDOM

Noone can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Freedom, in all forms, is such a precious thing that we must advocate it whenever.  I specifically DO NOT say: we must fight to keep it. I am more and more aware that putting up restistance leads to opposition, which again makes for an escalation.. By not adding energy to fighting, being against whatever etc, and in stead work continuously on what we are FOR we will achiev more. 
One of my favourite authors, Ernest Hemingway, said:
DON'T TELL IT. SHOW IT.

Friday, December 10, 2010

My next reminder about our Precious FREEDOM

In my first post I said I was an ex-teacher. I will keep posting short messages about FREEDOM. Today this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be celebrated here in Oslo.  The price went to somebody who has sacrificed a lot for FREEDOM; Liu Xiabo.

Here's my second quote:

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

Thursday, December 9, 2010

WHAT DID WE LEARN IN SCHOOL?

As an ex-teacher I shall remind you. Here's the first:

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)