Freedom Quotes
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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
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“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
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“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.”
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“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
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“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
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“It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
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“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”
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“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”
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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
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“We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.”
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“Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.”
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“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”
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“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
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“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”
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“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
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“Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.”
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“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
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“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”
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“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
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“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.”
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“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
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“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.”
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“Freedom lies in being bold.”
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“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”
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“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.”
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“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
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“I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
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“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!”
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“Freedom is never given; it is won.”
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“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.”
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“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.”
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“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
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“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”
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“Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.”
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“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.”
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“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
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“Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.”
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“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.”
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“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.”
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“When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.”
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“Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.”
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“I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.”
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“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
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“Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.”
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“Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.”
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“What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.”
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“'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”
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“Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.”
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“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.”
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“The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.”
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“The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.”
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“No man is good enough to be another's master.”
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“A hungry man is not a free man.”
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“There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.”
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“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.”
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“Responsibility is the price of freedom.”
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“There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.”
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“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”
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“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
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“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.”
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“The work of art is a scream of freedom.”
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“As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.”
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“You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.”
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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
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“Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.”
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“We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.”
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“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.”
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“What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.”
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“'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.”
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“Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.”
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“Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.”
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“Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.”
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“I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.”
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“I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.”
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“Man is not free unless government is limited.”
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“Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.”
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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.”
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“We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.”
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“Freedom is not enough.”
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“I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.”
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“I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.”
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“Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.”
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“Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.”
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“Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.”
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“Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.”
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“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.”
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“You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.”
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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“My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'”
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“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
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“Liberty is worth paying for.”
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“All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.”
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“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.”
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“Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.”
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“Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.”
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“The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”
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“One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.”
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“Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.”
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“When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.”
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“In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.”
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“You can only be free if I am free.”
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“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”
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“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
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“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.”
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“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
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“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
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“The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.”
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“I need this wild life, this freedom.”
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“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.”
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“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
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“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”
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“Liberation is not deliverance.”
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“The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.”
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“For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.”
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“But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.”
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“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.”
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“A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.”
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“Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.”
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“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.”
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.”
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“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”
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“Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.”
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“Free men are the strongest men.”
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“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.”
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“Freedom is from within.”
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“I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.”
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“The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.”
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“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
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“Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.”
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“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”
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“Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.”
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“Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.”
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“I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.”
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“Freedom is the only law which genius knows.”
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“Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.”
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“All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!'”
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“Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.”
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“Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.”
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“We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.”
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“It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.”
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“Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.”
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“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.”
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“We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.”
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“To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.”
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“I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.”
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“Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.”
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“We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation.”
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“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
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“The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.”
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“Freedom rings where opinions clash.”
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“Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.”
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“The more liberty you give away the more you will have.”
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“Human beings crave freedom at their core.”
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“But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.”
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“If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.”
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“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.”
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“Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.”
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“It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.”
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“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
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“The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.”
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“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”
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“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
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“Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.”
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“Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.”
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“Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and I love my hard discipline. I love my freedom of speech and the way my eyes get dark when I'm tired. I love that I have learned to trust people with my heart, even if it will get broken. I am proud of everything that I am and will become.”
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“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.”
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“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.”
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“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”
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“The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.”
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“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”
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“Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?”
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“I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”
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“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
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“As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.”
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“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
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“Once your mind and body is healthy, it creates a freedom that helps you enjoy life.”
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“I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”
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“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
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“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.”
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“It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.”
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“To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.”
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“No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom… No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild.”
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“Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.”
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“Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.”
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“I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?”
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“Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.”
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“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
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“We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.”
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“Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.”
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“There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors.”
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“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”
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“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
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“I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish.”
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“The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.”
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“To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.”
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“I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.”
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“There can be no democracy without truth. There can be no truth without controversy, there can be no change without freedom. Without freedom there can be no progress.”
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“I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.”
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“If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.”
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“When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.”
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“The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.”
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“Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.”
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“In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.”
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“True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.”
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“The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.”
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“Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.”
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“Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.”
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“Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living.”
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“The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.”
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“They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon.”
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“We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.”
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“I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.”
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“Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.”
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“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”
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“Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.”
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“Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.”
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“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.”
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“Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.”
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“No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.”
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“Nationalism makes us weak because its eternal seeking of enemies, its disdain of others, its need to feel superior makes cooperation with other nations to collectively guarantee our freedom and security much more difficult.”
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“The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.”
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“In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.”
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“Education is freedom.”
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“To silence criticism is to silence freedom.”
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“I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.”
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“Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.”
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“I have a place that I get to go to in the Bahamas. It's the only place that guarantees total anonymity and freedom.”
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“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.”
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“Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish.”
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“Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.”
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“If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.”
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“The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.”
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“The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.”
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“The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.”
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“I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.”
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“I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.”
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“We can't change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things - the sacrifices our loved ones made, and the price of our freedom today.”
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“To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.”
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“To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.”
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“If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.”
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“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.”
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“Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.”
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“I discovered freedom for the first time in England.”
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“What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.”
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“Freedom has never been free.”
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“Once people enjoy the taste of freedom, there is no turning back.”
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“Consciously or unconsciously most of us adhere to what is expected of our role because we realize our social success depends on this. Some may refuse to play this game, but in the end they are marginalized and forced to play the outsider role, with limited options and decreasing freedom as they get older.”
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“There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.”
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“A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.”
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“So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.”
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“Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.”
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“To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.”
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“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”
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“I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.”
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“Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.”
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“True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.”
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“How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.”
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“They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.”
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“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.”
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“In the name of freedom, there has to be a correlation between rights and duties, by which every person is called to assume responsibility for his or her choices, made as a consequence of entering into relations with others.”
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“Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.”
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“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”
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“Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.”
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“Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.”
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“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”
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“I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!”
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“Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.”
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“We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification.”
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“You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.”
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“Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent.”
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“The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.”
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“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.”
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“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.”
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“Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.”
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“Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.”
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“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
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“Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog, the cat's personality is never bet on a human's. He demands acceptance on his own terms.”
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“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
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“Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.”
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“None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.”
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“When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.”
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“Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.”
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“My parents were super strict, so I didn't have a lot of freedom to hang out at parties or anything like that. I didn't get invited, and I didn't have many friends.”
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“Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.”
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“Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.”
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“The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.”
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“In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.”
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“Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.”
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“A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.”
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“Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.”
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“Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.”
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“True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.”
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“Cats are the runes of beauty, invincibility, wonder, pride, freedom, coldness, self-sufficiency, and dainty individuality - the qualities of sensitive, enlightened, mentally developed, pagan, cynical, poetic, philosophic, dispassionate, reserved, independent, Nietzschean, unbroken, civilised, master-class men.”
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“I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom.”
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“Religious freedom is one of the most fundamental of human rights because religious freedom comes from the dignity of the human being as God's creature.”
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“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”
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“I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.”
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“I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom… Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that?”
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“Australia is not a secular country. It is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose.”
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“Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.”
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“They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.”
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“To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.”
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“I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.”
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“Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.”
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“Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.”
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“The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.”
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“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
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“Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.”
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“Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy.”
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“Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.”
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“One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.”
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“I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.”
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“A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.”
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“Freedom without limits is just a word.”
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“Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.”
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“The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.”
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“True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.”
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“I think that what I have been truly searching for as a person, as a writer, as a thinker, as a daughter, is freedom. That is my mission. A sense of liberty, the liberty that comes not only from self-awareness but also from letting go of many things. Many things that weigh us down.”
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“How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.”
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“My parents waited to have me and my sister - my dad was 43 when my mother had me, and my mom was 38. They purposefully waited until they had had their adventures in life so that we wouldn't represent the end of their freedom.”
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“The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.”
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“The principle of academic freedom is designed to make sure that powers outside the university, including government and corporations, are not able to control the curriculum or intervene in extra-mural speech.”
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“Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.”
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“Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.”
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“I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.”
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“We don't believe that winning elections and winning any amount of votes will win freedom in Ireland. At the end of the day, it will be the cutting edge of the IRA which will bring freedom.”
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“I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.”
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“Freedom cannot be given… It can only be taken away.”
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“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.”
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“Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.”
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“A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.”
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“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
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“I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.”
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“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”
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“He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.”
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“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.”
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“Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.”
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“'The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.' - bell hooks”
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“Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.”
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“Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.”
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“Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.”
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“Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.”
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“Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.”
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“The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.”
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“We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential.”
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“Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.”
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“We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.”
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“Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it.”
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“Money equals freedom.”
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“I have recently been able to see the new world - the quiet, the tranquility and the freedom it will bring with it. This is very comforting knowledge for me because I already know that what I envision eventually becomes a reality.”
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“Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.”
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“Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.”
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“That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.”
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“When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.”
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“To the nameless and unsung heroes of our freedom struggle, we offer our humble tribute. Their life-blood nourishes the body of independent India.”
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“The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.”
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“I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.”
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“In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others.”
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“The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.”
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“Even the kids who seem to have a lot of freedom, their lives are pretty controlled. So what I try to do on my shows is to have kids come out on top. They're the smartest ones in the room. They're the ones in charge.”
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“To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence all peoples, equally, and free of threats.”
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“If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.”
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“Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.”
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“When truth is no longer free, freedom is no longer real: the truths of the police are the truths of today.”
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“If it is right for men to fight for their freedom, and God knows what the human race would be like today if men had not, since time began, fought for their freedom, then it is right for women to fight for their freedom and the freedom of the children they bear.”
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“The art of leadership is not to spend your time measuring, evaluating. It's all about selecting the person. And if you believe you selected the right person, then you give that person the freedom, the authority, the delegation to innovate and to lead with some very simple measure.”
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“It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.”
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“I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.”
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“The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.”
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“Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.”
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“We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.”
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“To say I support religious freedom is to say I support idolatry. It's to say I support lies. I support Hell. I support the kingdom of darkness. You can't say that.”
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“Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility.”
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“Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.”
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“I wasn't dreaming of freedom when I escaped from North Korea… I was willing to risk my life for the promise of a bowl of rice.”
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“People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.”
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“A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.”
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“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.”
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“The freedom of expression cannot be defined selectively.”
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“People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.”
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“Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.”
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“Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.”
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“We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.”
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“Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.”
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“Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.”
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“Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?”
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“Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.”
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“Press freedom is the foundation of the rights of all Filipinos to the truth.”
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“All over the world, there is someone sitting in a cell because he or she is not allowed freedom of expression.”
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“The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.”
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“The wise use of your freedom to make your own decisions is crucial to your spiritual growth, now and for eternity.”
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“If we are to give the people of China complete self-government we must first solve the problem of livelihood for all, and give real freedom to the races within China. If the foundations of democracy are secure, then true equality can be achieved.”
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“In the face of love, everyone is equal. Let everyone have the freedom to love and to pursue their happiness. I am Tsai Ing-wen, and I support marriage equality.”
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“Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.”
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“Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.”
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“There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.”
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“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.”
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“Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.”
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“I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.”
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“Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.”
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“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?”
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“We all have to remember that New Zealand is built on these kind of people who are rebels and renegades, people doing it their own way, fighting for freedom, and braving the elements. I think it's cool to celebrate that.”
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“Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.”
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“Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.”
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“If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.”
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“In the scriptures, 'peace' means either freedom from strife, contention, conflict, or war, or an inner calm and comfort born of the Spirit that is a gift of God to all of his children, an assurance and serenity within a person's heart.”
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“Our freedom, our prosperity and our security depend on a proper respect for the fortune of our neighbours, allies and old friends.”
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“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
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“The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.”
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“Freedom is not negotiable.”
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“A philosophy of freedom must set out from the experience of thinking, for it is through this experience of thinking that a human being discovers his own self, finds his bearings as an independent personality.”
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“I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.”
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“It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.”
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“Courage shows itself in many different ways. A soldier heading off to war, a freedom fighter giving their life, or even a nurse braving a deadly virus as she heads to work in a hospital ward every day. Sometimes, though, courage does not require the ultimate sacrifice.”
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“I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.”
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“You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'”
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“Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.”
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“Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.”
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“The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.”
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“Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.”
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“Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.”
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“I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.”
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“To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.”
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“My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and came to South Korea.”
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“The travail of freedom and justice is not easy, but nothing serious and important in life is easy. The history of humanity has been a continuing struggle against temptation and tyranny - and very little worthwhile has ever been achieved without pain.”
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“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
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“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”
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“To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.”
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“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”
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“The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.”
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“I think the deepest level of our freedom is being able to change our identity.”
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“My mom and dad understood that every generation has to earn its freedom over and over again.”
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“If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.”
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“When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.”
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“There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.”
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“I had often sought for the peace there is in Christ, but I could not seem to find the freedom I desired. A terrible sadness rested on my heart. I could not think of anything I had done to cause me to feel sad; but it seemed to me that I was not good enough to enter Heaven, that such a thing would be altogether too much for me to expect.”
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“Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.”
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“I'm just living my life the way I want to. I have the freedom to do that.”
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“I believe in an India of pluralism and diversity, not of religious bigotry and caste politics. I believe in an India that is secure in itself and confident of its place in the world, an India that is a proud example of tolerance, freedom and hope for the downtrodden.”
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“I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.”
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“Freedom of speech should be wide open as long as it doesn't incite violence.”
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“A Black man should be more independent and depend on himself for his freedom and not to take it for granted that someone would lead him to it. The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.”
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“Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.”
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“Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.”
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“We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.”
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“Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.”
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“Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.”
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“I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!”
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“The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.”
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“Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.”
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“Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.”
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“On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.”
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“Conformity is painful. You know, it's too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom.”
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“I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management.”
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“I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want.”
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“Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.”
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“I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.”
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“It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.”
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“When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose.”
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“A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.”
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“When I think about America, I think about freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion. It's a peaceful country.”
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“I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.”
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“At Coinbase, our mission is to create an open financial system for the world. We believe that open protocols for money will create more innovation, economic freedom, and equality of opportunity in the world, just like the Internet did for publishing information.”
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“Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.”
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“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”
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“It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.”
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“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
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“On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings.”
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“We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We need gender equity. We need freedom from hunger. These are our most fundamental needs as social creatures.”
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“It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.”
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“A free America… means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.”
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“The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world - including the Islamic world, where dissidents are regularly jailed, killed, exiled or merely intimidated and silenced.”
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“Anytime someone says your God is ugly and you release your God and join their God, there is no hope for your freedom until you once more believe in your own concept of the 'deity.'”
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“Now you know my credo: Free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. And let me add to that from our Founding Fathers: Our Creator endowed us with the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In other words, freedom.”
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“The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves.”
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“At times, we take freedom for granted. We really don't know how to cherish the freedom we have until it's taken from us.”
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“Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace.”
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“When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial of both our collective and individual dignity, at all levels of society.”
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“There's something frightening that comes with freedom. And there was something very frightening for a lot of slaves once they were free and were going through Reconstruction. It was like, what do you do now? There was nothing set up.”
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“We're not like robots. God promises to guide us through the Holy Spirit, but He gives us the freedom to make our own decisions.”
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“In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods.”
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“I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.”
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“Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.”
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“The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.”
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“Now I'm old… maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the eccentricity - you can go places, you can be wacky, and you don't have to be constrained. I think that's why people are eccentric - eccentricity is a weapon… and it's great!”
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“Embracing the freedom of Brexit gives us the choice of what sort of country we want to become and means we can look forward to a more positive tomorrow.”
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“Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.”
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“To be truly free, you should be ready to risk everything for freedom.”
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“Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.”
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“By letting go of my fears and concerns, I've gained so much happiness and freedom. With that freedom I've also gained confidence.”
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“I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.”
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“Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players… they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.”
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“Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.”
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“Protecting basic rights such as freedom of expression enhances social stability.”
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“I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch of freedom, and then they are free to come back to you. I love the idea of pigeons.”
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“American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.”
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“I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.”
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“I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I'm not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that's why they identify with me.”
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“I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.”
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“One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.”
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“I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.”
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“The rude, raw, 'let it all hang out' freedom of the Californian hippies was in fact the most censorious and oppressive of societies that I have encountered.”
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“Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.”
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“Independence means we enjoy freedom. We are not colonised by people. And we can govern our own country and develop it independently so that our people can live a better life.”
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“The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.”
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“I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.”
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“We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.”
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“What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when they grow up, and in the exercise of their duties as citizens, they insist that our courts and policemen and prisons be guided by divine or natural law.”
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“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.”
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“I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative.”
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“The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.”
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“I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.”
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“Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.”
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“Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.”
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“Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom.”
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“Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.”
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“I couldn't pedal a bike as a child, so I had a donkey instead. I loved the power and freedom it had.”
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“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”
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“Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps.”
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“I did this very cheap movie called 'Love,' and then I decided I wanted to make an even cheaper movie so people don't get involved and can't tell you how to rewrite it or how to avoid losing money. The good thing about doing these quite cheap movies is that you have much more freedom.”
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“Freedom of being alone is intoxicating.”
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“I say there is not more happiness for me than the freedom of my Homeland.”
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“Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections of freedom of religion. I think he would also approve of the way the U.S. has been able to attract talented people from all over the world.”
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“A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.”
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“Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.”
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“We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'”
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“Self-publishing provides more freedom and control, but it also provides more risk. Publishing provides more credibility and promotion, but your vision can also get lost in the bureaucratic machinery of the business. It's a tough decision to make.”
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“Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.”
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“Art is where we make a stand. If we don't make it there, freedom of expression is lost for everyone - for artists, for journalists, and for everyday people.”
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“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.”
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“I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform.”
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“Our freedom to criticize the government - as openly and brutally as we want to - serves as a vital check against unbridled government power and control.”
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“Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.”
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“I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish.”
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“I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.”
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“I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.”
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“The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.”
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“It's not mainland China that rubs me up the wrong way, it is the dictatorship that rubs me up the wrong way. It's the freedom that we Chinese people are not allowed that rubs me up the wrong way.”
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“Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.”
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“I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I've moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.”
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“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.”
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“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.”
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“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.”
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“The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles control and manageability out of our hands - introducing chaos and freedom.”
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“My hope for this country is that we remain a people who value freedom, who have the courage to face the realities with faithful hearts instead of anxious ones.”
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“Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free… Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.”
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“Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.”
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“When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.”
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“Fidel Castro represents the dignity of the South American continent against empires. He's a living legend: an icon of independence and freedom across the continent.”
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“Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are alive, a glow of hope will be alive as well as a true concept of life.”
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“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.”
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“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”
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“Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.”
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“It is a paradox of the acquisitive society in which we now live that although private morals are regulated by law, the entrepreneur is allowed considerable freedom to use - and abuse - the public in order to make money.”
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“See, Independence means freedom, for me, more specifically, freedom of speech which we seem to have lost.”
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“That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.”
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“The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.”
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“I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.”
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“Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.”
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“Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.”
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“A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.”
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“God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.”
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“I'm a multidimensional person and that's the freedom of fashion: that you're able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever.”
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“Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.”
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“Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech in Xi Jinping's China, and you can wind up in a cell.”
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“I didn't know what freedom was. I didn't even know the word. I didn't know the concept. I never heard of that word, 'freedom.' To me, the happiest thing was having food.”
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“Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.”
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“The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.”
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“This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
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“I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.”
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“Everyone has his or her own opinion and I always welcome criticism. That's why we have freedom of expression and that's also what I stand for - but I won't stand for insults.”
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“Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.”
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“We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.”
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“I have known Senator Rubio for a number of years, and he is an inspiring, courageous, and bold leader who embodies the American dream of freedom and equal opportunity for all.”
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“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.”
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“The Internet's like one big bathroom wall with a lot of people who anonymously can say really mean things. It's fine, I believe in freedom of speech and I think people should think what they want, but I don't care to hear it.”
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“We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.”
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“The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.”
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“America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.”
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“Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.”
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“Every woman needs a private pin money stash. That is her own personal stash of cash to do with whatever she wants. It gives a woman freedom even if she doesn't spend it - especially if she doesn't spend it.”
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“The water has always been a place of freedom, safety, but also feeling really strong and capable.”
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“I didn't end up going bankrupt… I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.”
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“Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.”
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“I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
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“The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.”
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“Throwing on a hoodie and headphones and getting lost in a long run is pure freedom for me. I embrace the trance, the intense sweat and, of course, the endorphin release.”
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“Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.”
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“No man can given anybody his freedom.”
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“The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree of human freedom, but what can be chosen and what is chosen by the individual.”
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“In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.”
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“There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.”
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“What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.”
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“What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.”
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“I like the freedom of research. Plus, if I fail in science, I know I can always survive because I have an M.D. This has been my insurance policy.”
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“To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.”
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“You have a real freedom when you don't have to worry about what you look like.”
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“Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.”
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“'Populism' is a compliment to me. We envision a different Europe where every E.U. country should have the freedom to decide its own economic policies.”
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“Freedom of expression is very important.”
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“We are obligated to and very proud to stand by one of the most foundational principles of our country, and that is freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly.”
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“The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.”
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“Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.”
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“But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.”
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“Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.”
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“People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.”
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“The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it.”
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“If you're thinking clearly and are content about where your life is - to where you can just think about the present, think about the now - that's what you need to do to hit good golf shots. I know there are a lot of distractions, but when you're thinking clearly, you're more free. You've got to have that freedom on the golf course.”
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“We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But that was the whole point - we weren't a regular record label.”
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“Black prophetic fire is the hypersensitivity to the suffering of others that generates a righteous indignation that results in the willingness to live and die for freedom.”
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“We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.”
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“Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.”
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“137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.”
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“To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.”
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“All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading… freedom struggles and so on.”
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“In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.”
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“My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self.”
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“If pluralism and academic freedom are to be used to defend liberal speakers and ideas, they ought to be equally valid for conservative views.”
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“The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.”
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“Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge.”
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“Napoleon - the people who were becoming Napoleon's generals realized that for him, it was not about spreading freedom and revolution; it was about creating a new empire with Napoleon the dictator or the emperor.”
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“I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.”
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“It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.”
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“We are gifted with freedom, but with that freedom comes the reality of the unknown and the responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and on guard against those who would do us harm.”
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“Climbing is all about freedom, the freedom to go beyond all the rules and take a chance, to experience something new, to gain insight into human nature.”
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“If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!”
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“In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.”
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“If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being.”
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“America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.”
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“The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans in the villages… They were told what to do and who to support.”
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“I'll be 40 this year, so 'Can We Talk' is really not me anymore. Now I have the freedom to express myself through my music and write about my likes, my dislikes, and my passions. There's no greater feeling than being able to express myself.”
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“What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?”
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“Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.”
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“Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.”
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“I tasted freedom and I really liked it.”
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“The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period.”
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“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.”
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“If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.”
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“Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.”
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“The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.”
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“Get the shading right, the lighting right, and there are things you can do to make the CGI look more real. People end up going crazy and give themselves a little too much freedom in how they use CGI, and if you overuse it, it draws attention to itself.”
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“I would rather die in freedom on my way back home than starve to death here.”
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“When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom.”
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“We believe that salvation is to be found in wholesome work in a beloved land. Work will provide our people with the bread of tomorrow, and moreover, with the honor of the tomorrow, the freedom of the tomorrow.”
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“In all these years, I've always tried to emphasize and to promote the need to combat the Mafia. Because it is a cancer which is oppressive and which stifles everybody's freedom and reduces the possibility for the areas in which it's present to prosper and to develop.”
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“Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.”
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“The best road to progress is freedom's road.”
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“Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.”
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“Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.”
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“Freedom is… not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day.”
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“I have a reputation worldwide of being tolerant of all people and their views. I'm too well-educated to criticize a certain religion or group of people for what they believe in. It's called freedom.”
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“Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state - the kind of state I escaped as a kid to come to this country where you have democracy and freedom of speech.”
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“For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time.”
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“They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart.”
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“It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.”
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“Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities they lack. They have found in social media a way to interact and share ideas, bypassing, in virtual space, the restrictions placed on physical freedom of assembly.”
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“Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left.”
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“Having the ability to walk to the grocery store, ride my bike miles away to a friend's house, and spend most of the day unsupervised gave me confidence in myself. But I don't give my daughter that same freedom, and I never have, because I fear the possible repercussions.”
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“We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.”
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“The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.”
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“Information technology is a formidable enabler of freedoms. For example, it lowers barriers to freedom of expression and allows people to get a better grasp of their lives. It should not be used to reduce the freedom of people.”
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“I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk - but, of course, with luxury and dignity and style.”
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“Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom.”
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“Psychoanalysis - and any good therapy - is a method of increasing one's awareness of destiny in order to increase one's experience of freedom.”
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“It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.”
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“The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.”
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“Wireless is freedom. It's about being unleashed from the telephone cord and having the ability to be virtually anywhere when you want to be.”
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“Remember, the Internet did not create freedom of speech; in theory, we always had freedom of speech - it's just that it often went along with the freedom to be ignored. People had no access to the infrastructure to be heard.”
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“Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.”
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“Freedom is a choice. The grace of God abounds, and man is nonetheless free.”
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“There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on.”
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“With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'”
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“Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.”
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“But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote.”
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“It would have been disastrous for Zambia if we had gone multi-party because these parties would have been used by those opposed to Zambia's participation in the freedom struggle.”
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“When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.”
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“Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon.”
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“At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.”
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“America is the center of personal and religious freedom. But America will disappear if we don't follow the Constitution.”
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“I started a college campus-based nonprofit in June 2012 called Turning Point U.S.A. to target millennials in college. Our mission was to create a powerful conservative grassroots activist network on campuses and identify, educate, train and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets and limited government.”
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“I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.”
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“Freedom of speech is freedom above all for those whose views you dislike most.”
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“Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.”
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“There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.”
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“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.”
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“Paul Poiret did wonderful things because he was so influenced by motifs, but Vionnet really understood the kimono and took the geometric idea to construct her clothes - and that brought such freedom into European clothes in the 1920s.”
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“I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.”
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“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
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“Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.”
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“Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.”
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“My childhood memories are amazing; I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside.”
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“The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.”
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“It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.”
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“The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.”
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“You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.”
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“The gospel is not a philosophy of repression, as so many regard it. It is a plan of freedom that gives discipline to appetite and direction to behavior.”
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“Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?”
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“There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser.”
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“You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.”
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“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.”
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“The precondition to freedom is security.”
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“We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.”
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“My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.”
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“I live in a small apartment in London, not some big house with a lot of security. I don't like too much security. There's no freedom. I'm a person, not some precious diamond that needs guarding every second.”
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“Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love - it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend.”
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“Freedom of speech, for us, is to preach the truth of Christ even when society says it's against the law.”
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“I have achieved an inner freedom.”
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“Factually, the Temple Mount is the precise location of the Temple. It's the holiest place in the world for Jews. It's the third holiest place for Muslims. And we need to respect each others' rights, freedom of religion.”
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“I know the freedom that cycling gives you in terms of being able to just jump on and go.”
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“Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.”
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“Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.”
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“You have to dance unencumbered. There's no other way to move. The idea of dance is freedom. It is not exclusiveness, it's inclusiveness.”
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“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”
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“Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.”
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“Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal… I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.”
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“I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.”
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“The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.”
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“The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”
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“It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only binds you. In fact, religious bondage is one of the most crippling bondages with which a person can be encumbered. Religious bondage keeps one in constant fear, guilt, and anxiety.”
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“History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.”
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“Freedom is the thing that has attracted me most to jazz. Within improvisation, you're really able to express something that maybe I'm not so adept at expressing via language. So I develop a language through the instrument to tell stories. So it's kind of this freedom of thought and freedom of expression that kind happens.”
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“The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.”
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“The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception.”
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“Being that I went to jail and came back, I went through a whole new experience in life. I went from being at the top to back down at the bottom again. In jail, you get stripped of your freedom and everything, so I experienced different things, learned more.”
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“My parents have always been supportive. I come from a very simple middle class family, where the upbringing is very traditional. So for them to give me the kind of freedom to exercise my choices is very fortunate for me.”
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“To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.”
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“Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.”
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“The challenge as we saw in the Nigerian project was to restructure the economy decisively in the direction of a modern free market as an appropriate environment for cultivation of freedom and democracy and the natural emergence of a new social order.”
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“Freedom and responsibility aren't interconnected things. They are the same thing.”
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“Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it… gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
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“Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.”
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“There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.”
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“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”
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“Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.”
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“The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.”
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“The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.”
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“For the longest time, the Asian-American community would talk about representation, but I think it's also about the freedom to really shape, create, and explore issues that are important to us, regardless of whether it's positive or negative, as long as it's three dimensional.”
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“Freedom is not simply intended to mean freedom from enslavement. Freedom is an affirmative goal, it is one that promises liberation, safety, and peace of mind. It is the promise of a full, prosperous, and joyous life.”
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“Freedom is what everyone wants - to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.”
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“Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.”
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“The King has a right to make political remarks. He is a Thai citizen and has his rights and freedoms under the Constitution. Each of you is under the Constitution, and so is the King. I am using my freedom under the Constitution.”
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“Kashmiri people are fighting the war for freedom. And India cannot stop this freedom movement through atrocities, as Kashmir dispute is a problem of humanity, human rights, and freedom.”
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“The God of justice is with us, and our word, our work - our prayer for freedom will not, cannot be in vain.”
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“There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order.”
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“Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”
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“Freedom is control in your own life.”
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“I am not about to be a party to anything having to do with the law that is going to destroy individual freedom and liberty in this country.”
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“America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.”
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“Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in - democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It's not about any of those things now. It's about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.”
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“The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.”
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“I follow a set of principles, I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty.”
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“As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.”
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“The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.”
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“For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.”
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“I grew up in a family where there was absolute freedom. We were taught to make our own decisions. I'll give my son the same freedom.”
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“Freedom is not something you're even trying to fight for; you are free. Go. Make sure you live free every day.”
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“Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.”
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“To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself.”
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“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
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“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”
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“Why would North Korea people care if they have nukes or not? All they want is food. They want freedom.”
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“The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.”
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“Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.”
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“If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.”
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“I need to feel like I have that freedom to make mistakes and to just try things.”
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“Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights, a loss of privacy, or a loss of freedom. We fear being injured, robbed or attacked, being judged by others, or neglected, or left unloved.”
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“Morality depends on individual freedom, and it requires some sense to know where to draw the line.”
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“Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.”
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“Problems in our country haven't been caused by Donald Trump, America and its ambitions or CIA spies. Our problems are rooted in a bad government system, the lack of free elections, independent courts and freedom of speech.”
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“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
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“We need international support so that our people live a life of normality, of dignity, of liberty and freedom. I hope that our cry for freedom may be heard.”
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“Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.”
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“Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.”
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“I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can express yourself in the moment. It represented freedom, it represented wearing wings and going somewhere with music.”
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“Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.”
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“Languages and cultures are disappearing at an enormously fast rate, and many of them are in Canada. These are extreme examples of removal of freedom of expression - to actually lose a language and the ability to express that culture.”
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“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.”
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“In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.”
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“It takes courage to sit on a jury. How many of us want to decide the fate of another person's life or freedom? How many of us want to hold that kind of power in our hands?”
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“Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.”
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“Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether.”
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“You don't just end up with freedom when you have the vote. The struggle continues.”
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“Our pain hides beneath these fluttering, random thoughts that run through our heads in an endless loop. But there's so much freedom in getting to know what's under there, the bedrock.”
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“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about… Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.”
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“The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.”
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“I have never seen any BJP leader going to jail during the freedom struggle; it was only Congressmen who sacrificed for this country.”
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“I support liberty; I support true freedom.”
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“When you are in prison, you have but one desire: freedom. If you fall ill in prison, you do not think about freedom - you think about health. Health is, therefore, more important than freedom.”
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“Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'”
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“The freedom of man is, in political liberalism, freedom from persons, from personal dominion, from the master; the securing of each individual person against other persons, personal freedom.”
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“Music was never an obligation for me; from a very young age, I understood it as a moment of freedom where you could express yourself. I realized how much joy it could bring and how much that meant to me.”
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“Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.”
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“As an actor, there is so little freedom to choose. You can keep waiting for aeons to get the right role. It may never come! It is better to keep working and then you get more work.”
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“We are a people of many different religions and many different faiths. The only way forward in a pluralistic society of diverse faiths such as ours is to have laws that protect and respect the freedom of all, equally.”
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“What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.”
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“Wherever Islam gets its foot on the ground, you see less freedom, less freedom of speech, less freedom of anything.”
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“Freedom is about a way of thinking. Freedom is about understanding that you can do anything that you want and freedom is about being able to take information and education and make it relevant to your own growth every single day. Freedom is not staying in the box. Freedom is not doing what other people want you to do.”
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“This, I think, is a really important question. Where does freedom of expression cross over into harassment? And what can you do about it?”
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“I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.”
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“Every day, people serve their neighbors and our nation in many different ways, from helping a child learn and easing the loneliness of those without a family to defending our freedom overseas. It is in this spirit of dedication to others and to our country that I believe service should be broadly and deeply encouraged.”
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“Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.”
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“Art is the daughter of freedom.”
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“Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.”
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“If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.”
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“I have way more freedom in Los Angeles and in the U.S. But it's funny because when I have a meeting with producers or people from the industry, we go to a restaurant to meet someone, and nobody knows me. But all of the sudden, the entire kitchen comes out, and they start taking pictures with me, or at valet parking.”
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“Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.”
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“Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.”
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“It's not about HTML 5 vs Flash. They're mutually beneficial. The more important question is the freedom of choice on the web.”
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“Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.”
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“When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.”
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“For forty years, I have devoted myself to the cause of the people's revolution with but one aim in view - the elevation of China to a position of freedom and equality among the nations.”
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“But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.”
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“To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.”
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“Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.”
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“Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having the power to choose.”
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“We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.”
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“The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is or is not moral.”
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“People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story.”
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“To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.”
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“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.”
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“If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.”
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“Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and more broadly that they're not prepared to use our military strength to protect our security and the cause of freedom.”
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“Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.”
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“There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories.”
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“So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.”
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“The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another's state of consciousness.”
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“I am honored to be elected by my peers to serve on the Board of the House Freedom Caucus as a freshman member of Congress. These men and women of faith serve with real conviction and are in Congress for the right reasons.”
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“There is no such thing as part freedom.”
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“I am mortal. I want the nation to get used to freedom before I die.”
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“Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.”
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“When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.”
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“War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.”
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“The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.”
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“One thing that sticks in my mind is that jazz means freedom and openness. It's a music that, although it developed out of the African American experience, speaks more about the human experience than the experience of a particular people.”
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“There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.”
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“The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.”
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“A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.”
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“America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.”
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“Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.”
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“I think we all think we sound really good in the shower, where there's that nice reverb, and the water's drowning you out, and there is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.”
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“Safe working conditions, fair wages, protection from forced labor, and freedom from harassment and discrimination - these must become standard global operating conditions.”
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“Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.”
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“The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the personal decision to find spiritual liberty that leads to a better life here on Earth and for eternity. On Sundays in America, the most conservative people can be found in black churches.”
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“The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom.”
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“I was born in April of 1966, on the eve of the Cultural Revolution. Soon after, my parents and grandparents all lost personal freedom simply for being intellectuals. So I spent most of my childhood rotating between adopted families of peasants and coalminers.”
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“Thus, it was to seek true civilization and true justice for all the peoples of the world, and to view this as the destruction of personal freedom and respect is to be assailed by the hatred and emotion of war, and to make hasty judgments.”
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“The corporateness of the fashion industry tends to take away or distort the freedom of creation.”
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“I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.”
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“Press freedom is not just about journalists, right? It's not just about us, it's not just about me, it's not just about Rappler. Press freedom is… the foundation of every single right of every single Filipino to the truth, so that we can hold the powerful to account.”
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“Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal.”
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“The American dream is about freedom.”
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“I can't speak for the rest, but I think the little India all of us carry in our hearts should be good enough for us individually to take a step to help ensure that same freedom and justice that our constitution guarantees is given to all.”
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“What I've always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has - the discipline and expression - letting you dance.”
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“Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an added good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great movements of their time. I am glad and thankful that this was my case.”
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“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.”
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“We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan, we have been true to that calling and helped spread freedom to oppressed peoples everywhere.”
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“If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.”
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“Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the ghetto because her dad was the first person in Hindu mythology who came from the 'hood, but had gained enlightenment through not being a Brahmin.”
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“I have great respect for the men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country. And they fight for freedom, they fight for the people, they fight for liberty and justice, for everyone.”
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“In a pluralistic society like ours, I think the ability to resist hate comes from cultivating a civil society that, on the one hand, nurtures the freedom of each group to pursue their faith and distinctive way of life, while, at the same time, fostering the ties that bind us together into a genuine broader community.”
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“The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom.”
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“We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.”
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“If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.”
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“I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter.”
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“I don't like planning, because it robs me of freedom, so I'd like a 24 hours that was full of surprises.”
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“America is beyond power; it acts as in a dream, as a face of God. Wherever America is, there is freedom, and wherever America is not, madness rules with chains, darkness strangles millions. Beneath her patient bombers, paradise is possible.”
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“I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas… cultures… and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.”
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“The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything.”
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“Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed.”
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“I hope my work has inspired young artists. I have always tried to maintain my freedom as an artist and I feel it is one of the main reasons I have been successful.”
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“Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.”
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“In the East, the main object is to have a well-ordered society so that everybody can have maximum enjoyment of his freedoms. This freedom can only exist in an ordered state and not in a natural state of contention and anarchy.”
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“We humans for millions of years were nomadic. We associated freedom and well-being with the ability to move into open spaces, to find places more suited to hunting.”
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“Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.”
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“You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.”
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“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
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“Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.”
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“There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.”
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“Freedom possesses many meanings. It speaks not merely in terms of political and religious liberty but also in terms of economic and social progress.”
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“When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.”
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“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.”
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“I think, like any artist or any writer, I just want to have that pure freedom of expression and of thought - the freedom to explore and move in unexpected ways.”
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“You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.”
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“Google is a private company. It has the capacity to utilize its massive power for whatever political agenda it chooses. But for it to pretend to be an advocate for Internet freedom while simultaneously disadvantaging messages it finds politically incorrect is deeply hypocritical.”
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“You can break through old limits, past inertia and fear, to… richness of choice, freedom, human closeness.”
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“Within the soul of America is freedom of mind and spirit in man. Here alone are the open windows through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit. Here alone is human dignity not a dream but an accomplishment. Perhaps it is not perfect, but it is more full in realization here than any other place in the world.”
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“The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.”
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“What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later.”
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“We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.”
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“Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.”
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“Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.”
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“I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.”
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“There is no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, not even in the most advanced countries in the world. There are things you just don't say, because it will destabilise the environment.”
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“I don't have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.”
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“He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.”
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“Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.”
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“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.”
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“What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.”
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“The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.”
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“As an American, you have the right to protest me or another individual or a group, but I believe that protesting the United States for the mistakes it has made - when it gave you the freedom to do so in the first place - is disrespectful.”
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“Most Americans pay lip service to the idea of freedom, but can't handle real freedom.”
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“What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice.”
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“We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don't apologize.”
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“It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.”
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“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”
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“We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.”
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“The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.”
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“I crossed the Gobi desert to be free and now I thought I live in a country where I can say what I believe and have my freedom to think. However, now I have to constantly censor my speech because in the name off a 'safe place.'”
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“The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.”
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“It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.”
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“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”
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“Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.”
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“Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.”
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“I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.”
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“Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.”
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“The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.”
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“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.”
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“Real freedom lies in wildness, not civilization.”
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“An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.”
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“I don't even support religious freedom.”
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“We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.”
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“I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.”
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“Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another.”
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“Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.”
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“He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.”
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“My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.”
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“There are people of conscience all over the world, famous leaders, as well as unsung heroes and 'sheroes,' who are carrying forward the nonviolent movement for freedom and human rights.”
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“I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom.”
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“The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.”
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“True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.”
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“The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.”
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“It is probable that England will look favorably upon the independence of the Philippines, for it will open their ports to her and afford greater freedom to her commerce.”
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“In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.”
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“Communism everywhere has paid the price of rigidity and dogmatism. Freedom has the strength of compassion and flexibility. It has, above all, the strength of intellectual honesty.”
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“Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.”
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“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”
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“A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom… right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.”
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“You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?”
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“That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent.”
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“Freedom cannot be a responsibility that only belongs to some of us.”
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“We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice.”
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“The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.”
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“The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.”
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“What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.”
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“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
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“There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.”
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“The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society.”
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“One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.”
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“I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.”
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“Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.”
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“I've always been a risk taker. Growing up, I had a lot of freedom and room to roam and do what I wanted, and I think that's a huge part of my game.”
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“The roots of India's soft power run deep. India's is a civilization that, over millennia, has offered refuge and, more importantly, religious and cultural freedom, to Jews, Parsis, several varieties of Christians, and Muslims.”
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“Advantages of freedom do not have to be proved by something outside freedom itself. It is its own underwriter.”
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“The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.”
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“A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.”
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“The individual must not be allowed to be overly free, but the country must be entirely free. When the country can exercise freedom, China will have become a mighty and prosperous nation.”
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“Before and after emancipation, the Negro, in self-defense, was propelled toward the white employer. The endowments of wealthy white men have developed great institutions of learning for the Negro, but the freedom of action on the part of these same universities has been curtailed in proportion as they are indebted to white philanthropies.”
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“Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.”
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“Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.”
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“There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.”
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“America, to me, is freedom.”
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“Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.”
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“Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.”
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“Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.”
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“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”
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“The only certain freedom's in departure.”
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“For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.”
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“The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness.”
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“Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.”
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“I realize that men and women of the military go out and sacrifice their lives and put their selves in harm's way for my freedom of speech and my freedoms in this country, and my freedom to take a seat or take a knee, so I have the utmost respect for them, and I think what I did was taken out of context and spun a different way.”
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“While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.”
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“Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools.”
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“Just as discipline and freedom are opposing forces that must be balanced, leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities between one extreme and another.”
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“History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.”
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“I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom… Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.”
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“I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.”
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“I don't think I will ever understand what freedom means, but I am enjoying learning.”
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“Our children lost our direction because they have been compromised. They have found freedom at the ballot box, and then they have taken on plastic chains around their minds and souls and mortgage their future on credit cards. They have to learn better - they have to learn the value of ideas and health as opposed to wealth.”
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“I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto. But it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom.”
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“The leaders of the world face no greater task than that of avoiding nuclear war. While preserving the cause of freedom, we must seek abolition of war through programs of general and complete disarmament. The Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 represents a significant beginning in this immense undertaking.”
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“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”
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“No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.”
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“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”
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“Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.”
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“Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia.”
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“When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.”
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“Freedom is never granted; it is won.”
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“No Christian with half a brain would say 'we support religious freedom.'”
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“Human dignity is based upon freedom, and freedom upon human dignity. The one presupposes the other.”
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“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.”
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“Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.”
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“We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
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“The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.”
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“Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.”
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“We know that freedom has many dimensions. It is the right of the man who tills the land to own the land; the right of the workers to join together to seek better conditions of labor; the right of businessmen to use ingenuity and foresight to produce and distribute without arbitrary interference in a truly competitive economy.”