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Freedom Quotes
"The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance."
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"There's no subtext in Harry Potter really; it's all magic, anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it."
36
"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
35
"Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality."
35
"They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that."
35
"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."
34
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."
34
"I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
33
"Freedom is not about having no limitations, but about rising above them."
33
"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."
33
"The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only."
33
"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true."
33
"I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual."
32
"Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
32
"I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person."
32
"We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure."
32
"At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race. But he broke their chains. He declared to all his brothers that a man has rights which neither god nor king nor other men can take away from him, no matter what their number, for his is the right of man, and there is no right on earth above this right. And he stood on the threshold of freedom for which the blood of the centuries behind him had been spilled."
30
"Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its endangerment or diminishment can be an early warning sign of systemic trouble. Walking is an indicator species for various kinds of freedom and pleasures: free time, free and alluring space, and unhindered bodies."
30
"He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated."
29
"Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom."
29
"I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that."
29
"Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it."
29
"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."
29
"Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom."
28
"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."
28
"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
28
"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."
28
"We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street an Broadway."
28
"I think we spend more time thinking of things to deal with than just letting them go. When we quiet our minds, that's true freedom."
28
"I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move."
28
"Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes."
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