Freedom is relative

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.”

—Herbert Agar, A Time for Greatness

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[handworn.livejournal.com]

If they did prefer to hear it, they'd probably simply prefer not to hear something else, and so it would just be different chains.

Reminds me of Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary:

habit (n.) A shackle for the free.