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Freedom Quotes
"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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"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."
245
"A promise is a direction taken, a self-limitation of choice. As Odo pointed out, if no direction is taken, if one goes nowhere, no change will occur. One's freedom to choose and to change will be unused, exactly as if one were in jail, a jail of one's own building, a maze in which no one way is better than any other."
231
"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."
200
"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."
197
"If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom."
185
"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free."
183
"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out."
183
"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless."
178
"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."
159
"Freedom is the ultimate value in life. Nothing is higher than that."
151
"Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect."
138
"So I departed and was free from imprisonment."
125
"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight."
123
"Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men. Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar."
107
"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."
93
"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."
92
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
90
"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
83
"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood."
81
"That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison."
79
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
77
"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."
77
"Until there are so many of them that no one dares to chase them anymore. Until they're an army in themselves. Because if a sufficient number of people are different, no one has to be normal."
74
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
72
"A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."
71
"I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting."
70
"Yes, she loved her ship more than she had loved him. But what she loved even more was what it gave her: freedom, and the key to the marvels of space. It gave her the stars, and she doubted she could ever love anything or anyone more than she loved the stars."
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