Jim Root Quotes

Anonymity breeds irresponsibility.

I don't know who I am outside of someone who's just trying to be free and find safety for myself and for others.

I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished.

I felt really free, like I could do anything, because no one would know what to expect.

I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when I was like 18, because there, there are just so many people that there's no one and you're just lost. You're completely invisible and I find that very liberating.

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.

I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way.

There is something very freeing about being anonymous because nothing is expected of you; nothing is getting back to anyone, and no one cares.

I enjoyed being anonymous.

If you protect a person's right to vote, then he'll protect himself better than you can.

More having to do whatever anybody said you had to do. I couldn't really do anything on my own. But as I got older and then came to America and then Grace became my name, it somehow freed me. All of a sudden, I can be this other person.

I'm definitely a lot more reserved without the mask on. And with the mask on, all those inhibitions kinda go out the window. I can act like Keith Richards, I guess!

When, no matter what you do, everybody's going to punch holes in it, then you just go and you do what you want. And that's the most freeing place to be.

It's almost like putting on a mask protects you from people's judgments and lets you completely flow freely, like, with all your aggression and our animosity against anything.

No one can ban me or stop me from acting.

The freedom of knowing that you're doing something off-kilter is liberating.

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.

I don't feel like I have to please anyone. I feel free. I feel like I'm an adult. I'm grown. I can do what I want. I can say what I want. I can retire if I want. That's why I've worked hard.

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.

Give a man free hands, and you'll know where to find them.

I didn't need taming. I needed saving.

I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.