There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Freedom of thought Freedom

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth P; Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 1989.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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Adventure
Speaker
Dorothy Gale
Actor
Judy Garland
Source
Over the Rainbow The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Song Film
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

"Over the Rainbow." The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming, performed by Judy Garland, composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Harburg, Edgar Yipsel "Yip." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

Another quote about Freedom

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Happiness Freedom Courage
Speaker
Pericles

Author

Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pericles. Quoted in History of the Pelopponesian War. Written by Thucydides. 5th century BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Translated by Rex Warner. Penguin, 1972, bk. 2, ch. 43.AZ645:BE645