Quote#Freedom
This is the age which, although proclaimed as one of physical and…
Quote byHelena Blavatsky · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Key to Theosophy (1889).
English (original)
This is the age which, although proclaimed as one of physical and moral freedom, is in truth the age of the most ferocious moral and mental slavery, the like of which was never known before.
— Helena Blavatsky
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