Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a… — Johann G. Hamann

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. — James Madison
It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors. — John Sergeant Wise
Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves. — Johann G. Hamann
Nature is a book, a letter, a fairy tale (in the philosophical sense) or whatever you want to call it. — Johann G. Hamann
What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home? — Johann G. Hamann