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Freedom Quotes
"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."
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"The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only."
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"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
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"Freedom and Justice are twin sisters."
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"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
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"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure."
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
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"Eagles fly alone, not because they are proud, but because they are not afraid of soaring above the clouds."
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"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."
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"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true."
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"For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure."
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"Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
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"All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship."
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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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"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
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"Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it."
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"Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes."
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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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"They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that."
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"Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."
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"At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices."
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"Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person."
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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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"Only when manhood is dead - and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it - only then will we know what it is to be free."
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"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free."
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"But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom."
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"Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go."
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"We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street an Broadway."
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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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"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
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"Your life, your achievement, your happiness, your person are of paramount importance. Live up to your highest vision of yourself no matter what the circumstances you might encounter. An exalted view of self-esteem is a man's most admirable quality."
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"Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves."
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