In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

Edward Gibbon
83 citations
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.
Truth
22

More Author Quotes

I was never less alone than when by myself. ✨ Edward Gibbon, John Baker Holroyd (2014). Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire, p.83, Cambridge University Press
It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, in … ▶
Instead of a perpetual and perfect measure of the divine will, the fragments of the Koran were produced at the discretion of Mahomet; each revelation is suited to the emergencies of his policy or pas … ▶
There is more pleasure to building castles in the air than on the ground. ✨ Edward Gibbon (1869). The Autobiography and Correspondence of Edward Gibbon, the Historian, p.164
The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. ✨ The … ▶

Most Cited Authors

27

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

27

Curated Author Quotes

82 Unforgettable 🦇 Batman Quotes