Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
Robert A. Heinlein
Archive for the tag 'Robert A. Heinlein'
Filed under Gardens, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 5th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance.
Robert A. Heinlein
10 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2011
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.
Robert A. Heinlein
12 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2011
Filed under Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them.
Robert A. Heinlein
18 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2011
Filed under This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
There are things which cannot be taught in ten easy lessons, nor popularized for the masses; they take years of skull sweat.
Robert A. Heinlein
2 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2011
Filed under This & That
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
If you don’t like yourself, you can’t like other people.
Robert A. Heinlein
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2011
Filed under Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A desire not to butt into other people’s business is at least eighty percent of all human wisdom.
Robert A. Heinlein
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2011
