Liberty/philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words liberty and/or philosophy:

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
—John Adams (1735–1826)

“The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects; leaving the world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their natural Reason.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)