

but you are not free to expose us to the violence of your nature.

Coventry (1940): You are free to seek danger and adventure if you wish. If This Goes On- (1940): I looked up Tom Paine, which led me to Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson and others-a whole new world was opened up to me.

paternalistic government, to tell a man not to risk his life doing what he really wants to do. For instance, in Requiem (1939): It’s neither your business, nor the business of. The author thanks Virginia Heinlein for making corrections and suggestions on this article.Ī pioneering master of speculative fiction, Robert Heinlein has captured the imagination of millions for liberty.įive of his novels chronicle rebellion against tyranny, other novels are about different struggles for liberty, and his writings abound with declarations on liberty.
