Quotation
Quote by Phillis Wheatley
Love of freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The quote describes freedom as a powerful longing that cannot tolerate oppression. A person who loves freedom feels restless under control and strongly desires release from it. “Pants for Deliverance” gives this desire urgency, suggesting that freedom is not merely a preference but something people may urgently seek when it is denied.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Poetry Foundation
- Format
- Article
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
“What do you want?”
“By preventing this interview from broadcasting, the Pakistani state has told the whole world that our media is not free.”
“The whole point I am making is that tolerating injustice around you is actually taking sides with that injustice.”
Read quote“Without freedom of expression I wouldn’t be able to be a journalist.”
“You have only to raise your eyes to fall in love with Space and Freedom.”
“The length of a movie all depends on what you want to say. I don’t care what is acceptable.”
“And it was the Liberian women who fought the final battle for peace.”
“Taking a position is always important, especially in a country like ours, where people many times don't take a stand.”
“The situation of my people merits the flaunting of such traditions.”
“Concrete acts are decisive.”
A Blue Thread Through the Hill
When a missing boot turns her bargain shelf into a source of suspicion, Inez stops working alone and invites her customers to build a system—and a livelihood—together.
Read Story