Henrik Ibsen on Freedom
1828–1906 Norway
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.
The Pillars of Society (1877)
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
An Enemy of the People (1882)
There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.
A Doll's House (1879)
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority.
Now this very contentedness in the possession of a dead liberty is characteristic of the so-called State, and, as I have said, it is not a good characteristic.
One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands still in the midst of the struggle and says, "I have it," merely shows by so doing that he has just lost it.