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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."
Nelson Mandela
"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."
Nelson Mandela
"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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"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."
Nelson Mandela
"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will."
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"Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters."
Rosa Luxemburg
"Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters."
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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."
Yasser Arafat
"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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"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless."
Lech Walesa
"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless."
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"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free."
Nikos Kazantzakis
"A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free."
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"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out."
Ho Chi Minh
"When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out."
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"No one can enjoy freedom without trembling."
Emile M. Cioran
"No one can enjoy freedom without trembling."
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"The freedom of every artist is essential."
Christo
"The freedom of every artist is essential."
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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."
Jose Marti
"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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"Freedom is living without chains."
Indra Devi
"Freedom is living without chains."
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"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free."
Linus Torvalds
"Software is like sex: it's better when it's free."
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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."
Mahmoud Abbas
"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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"To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone."
Christo
"To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone."
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"If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom."
Kofi Annan
"If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom."
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"The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."
A. E. Housman
"The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."
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"Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries."
Baldwin Spencer
"Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries."
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"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps."
Sitting Bull
"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps."
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"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."
Aung San Suu Kyi
"Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential."
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"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."
Thomas Jefferson
"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."
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"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion."
Thomas Jefferson
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion."
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"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."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"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."
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"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
Pope John Paul II
"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."
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"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
George W. Bush
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
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"I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting."
Anthony Quinn
"I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting."
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"Freedom is never given; it is won."
A. Philip Randolph
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
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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."
John Stuart Mill
"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 goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect."
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
"Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect."
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"I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence."
Malcolm X
"I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence."
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"I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather."
Javier Perez de Cuellar
"I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather."
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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."
Boris Yeltsin
"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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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Thomas Jefferson
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
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"The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance."
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"If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside."
Wendell Willkie
"If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside."
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"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
George Washington
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
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"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."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"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."
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"Freedom is the ultimate value in life. Nothing is higher than that."
Osho
"Freedom is the ultimate value in life. Nothing is higher than that."
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"Freedom and Justice are twin sisters."
Friedrich Ebert
"Freedom and Justice are twin sisters."
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"Freedom is the recognition of necessity."
Friedrich Engels
"Freedom is the recognition of necessity."
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"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."
Bob Dylan
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."
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"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight."
Rollo May
"Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight."
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"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
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"And freedom is what America means to the world."
Audie Murphy
"And freedom is what America means to the world."
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"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true."
Blaise Pascal
"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true."
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"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."
Thomas Jefferson
"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."
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"Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds."
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"I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now."
Henry David Thoreau
"I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now."
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"I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
Thomas Haden Church
"I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
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