Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the inevitability of freedom for certain people as predetermined by fate.
Thomas Jefferson's quote emphasizes the idea that the liberation of individuals or groups is destined to happen, suggesting that freedom is an essential and inescapable part of human existence. This perspective aligns with a belief in natural rights and the moral imperative to pursue liberty, asserting that no power can ultimately suppress the human desire for freedom.
In practice
This quote can be used during a speech advocating for civil rights.
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become a nation ruled by law, where human rights reign supreme.
Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb hills, to pull a boat, to be alone.
To change masters is not to be free.
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