1418: Edith Hamilton – Freedom from Responsibility

In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all — security, comfort, and freedom. When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. —Edith HamiltonDownload Print Quality (3840×2010) 4.05MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1005) 264KB
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all — security, comfort, and freedom. When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. —Edith HamiltonDownload Print Quality (3840×2744) 5.45MB  |  Normal Quality (1920×1372) 323KB

In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all — security, comfort, and freedom. When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. —Edith Hamilton