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"It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it."
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
"To embrace the message of Christmas is to throw off my hedonistic rebellion and bow before the chafing reality that I can't save myself, and in that very act to be suddenly taken aback in that I've stumbled upon the very freedom I've longed for in the very place I'd least expected it."
"Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man."
"The woman who realizes that she is bound by a million Lilliputian threads in an attitude of impotence and hatred masquerading as tranquility and love has no option but to run away, if she is not to be corrupted and extinguished utterly."
"The chief means of liberating women is replacing of compulsiveness and compulsion by the pleasure principle. Cooking, clothes, beauty, and housekeeping are all compulsive activities in which the anxiety quotient has long since replaced the pleasure or achievement quotient. It is possible to use even cooking, clothes, cosmetics and housekeeping for fun. The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. In these cases spontaneity means rejecting the norm, the standard that one must live up to, and establishing a self-regulating principle."
"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
"When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime."
"I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults."
Explore more quotes by Antonia Fraser
"I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette."
"The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous."
"I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book."
"I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me."
"We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged."
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