Archibald Macleish, (1892-1982) Poet, playwright, Librarian of Congress, & Assistant Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-5] of 5 Archibald Macleish quotesArchibald Macleish QuotesArchibald Macleish The dissenter is every human being at those times of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.~ Archibald Macleish Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and the exercise of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.~ Archibald MacLeish Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.~ Archibald Macleish There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.~ Archibald MacLeish Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.~ Archibald MacLeish Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print