Julian Fellowes Quotes

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle.

You can't always let people do their own thing.

A man is the prisoner of his power.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

I'm not a big fan of people telling each other what to do, I'll say that.

I don't like rules.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law.

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.

Freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be. Freedom is about authority.

There’s a limit to how much living can be done in a life without freedom.

No man can take your freedom from you. They can limit your mobility, but that's about all they can do

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.

I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded.

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

I don't like closed systems.

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do?

I'm phobic about the idea of being constrained.

I don't want to be limited or ghettoized in any way.