Quote by Pythagoras

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything more than this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

Pythagoras Freedom
Mathematician/Philosopher Ancient Greek 570–495

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