"Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself."

Absence, Liberty, Responsibility, Restraint

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"Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself."

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"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Absence, Freedom, May, Obstacles

"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Absence, Truth, Regret, Power, Inspirational

"I dote on his very absence."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Absence,

"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Absence, Heaven, People, Life, Loss

"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Absence, Religious, World

"In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country."

Karl Radek, Ukrainian Politician

Absence, Country, Party

"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

Absence, Children, Parents

"I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal."

Peter Cook, British Writer

Absence,

"Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made."

Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

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"There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence."

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

Absence, Excellence

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"Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels."

Taste,

"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."

Society,

"One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."

Friendship, Life, Thought, Community

"We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable."

Rest, Obstacles, Order

"The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek."

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"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile."

Man, Men, Passion

"The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies."

Man, Men, Power, Effect, Killing

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"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

"I dote on his very absence."

"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."

"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

"In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country."

"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

"I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal."

"Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made."

"There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence."

Explore more quotes by Henry B. Adams

"Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels."

"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."

"Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man."

"All experience is an arch, to build upon."

"Morality is a private and costly luxury."

"One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."

"We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable."

"The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek."

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile."

"The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies."