ben

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country.
-Benjamin Franklin

“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”
-Pericles

marcus

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself,
but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
-Marcus Aurelius Antoninus