"Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself."

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"It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

Absence, Law, Slavery, State

"Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening."

Willa Cather, American Author

Absence, Country

"In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

Absence, Superstition, Theory

"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."

Derek Bailey, English Musician

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"Judicious absence is a weapon."

Charles Reade, English Novelist

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"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."

Alan Greenspan, American Economist

Absence, Gold, Inflation, Value

"Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Absence, Loss, Memory, Grief

"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Absence, Truth, Regret, Power, Inspirational

"Absence is more, thorny on the soul, than however dulcet, presence can be.Apparently, I have missed you, more than, I have ever loved you."

Jasleen Kaur Gumber, Indian Writer

Absence, Love, Longing, Emotion

"In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while."

George Grosz, German Artist

Absence, Man, Military, Months

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"It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state."

"Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening."

"In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway."

"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."

"Judicious absence is a weapon."

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."

"Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all."

"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

"Absence is more, thorny on the soul, than however dulcet, presence can be.Apparently, I have missed you, more than, I have ever loved you."

"In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while."

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"It is always good men who do the most harm in the world."

"Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic."

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile."

"Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything."

"The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies."

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