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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
George Washington
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
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"My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States."
Emanuel Celler
"My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States."
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"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
George Washington
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
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"I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
Thomas Haden Church
"I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
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"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."
David Allan Coe
"Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away."
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"We remain in Iraq because we know that sometimes liberty needs some nursing before it can grow on its own."
Virginia Foxx
"We remain in Iraq because we know that sometimes liberty needs some nursing before it can grow on its own."
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"The precondition to freedom is security."
Rand Beers
"The precondition to freedom is security."
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"Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent."
Natan Sharansky
"Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent."
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"Freedom is the most valuable asset anyone can ever acquire in life."
Abdulazeez Henry Musa
"Freedom is the most valuable asset anyone can ever acquire in life."
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"If excitement is a mechanism our Creator uses for His own amusement, love is something that belongs to us alone and enables us to flee the Creator. Love is our freedom. Love lies beyond "Es Muss sein!"
Milan Kundera
"If excitement is a mechanism our Creator uses for His own amusement, love is something that belongs to us alone and enables us to flee the Creator. Love is our freedom. Love lies beyond "Es Muss sein!"
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"There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories."
Neil Gaiman
"There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories."
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"Ignore the voice that scorns and ridicules to ensure it does not mold you. Stifling subtleties like these, if unchecked, are oppressive. Freedom is a love supreme birthright, not a privilege to be governed by any other."
T. F. Hodge
"Ignore the voice that scorns and ridicules to ensure it does not mold you. Stifling subtleties like these, if unchecked, are oppressive. Freedom is a love supreme birthright, not a privilege to be governed by any other."
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"Laughter is an anarchic blasphemy. Tyrants are wise to fear it."
David Mitchell
"Laughter is an anarchic blasphemy. Tyrants are wise to fear it."
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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."
George Bernard Shaw
"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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"A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid."
Lawrence Lessig
"A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid."
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"He loved Shevek, but he could not show him what freedom is, that recognition of each person's solitude which alone transcends it."
Ursula K. Le Guin
"He loved Shevek, but he could not show him what freedom is, that recognition of each person's solitude which alone transcends it."
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"In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays."
Jose Saramago
"In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays."
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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."
Ayn Rand
"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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"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free."
Charles Dickens
"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free."
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"Slavery of the soul is worst than the slavery of the flesh....."
Patience Johnson
"Slavery of the soul is worst than the slavery of the flesh....."
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"Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man."
Hubert H. Humphrey
"Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man."
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"The main thing I believe in is freedom."
Charles Evers
"The main thing I believe in is freedom."
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"Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves."
Florence E. Allen
"Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves."
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"It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits."
Greil Marcus
"It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits."
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"It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election."
Malcolm Wallop
"It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election."
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"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."
George Washington
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."
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"Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves."
Thomas Moore
"Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves."
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"We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?"
Lynn Swann
"We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?"
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"The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite."
Karl Marx
"The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite."
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"We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation."
George Allen
"We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation."
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"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
Thomas Jefferson
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
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"Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness."
Jonathan Mayhew
"Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness."
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"Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from."
Vernon Howard
"Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from."
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"Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right."
Virginia Foxx
"Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right."
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"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."
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
"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."
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"Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom."
Friedrich August von Hayek
"Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom."
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"All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing."
Elinor Glyn
"All the legislation in the world will not abolish kissing."
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"Jerry often says that Slam Bradley was really the forerunner of Superman, because we turned it out with no restrictions, complete freedom to do what we wanted; the only problem was that we had a deadline."
Joe Shuster
"Jerry often says that Slam Bradley was really the forerunner of Superman, because we turned it out with no restrictions, complete freedom to do what we wanted; the only problem was that we had a deadline."
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"So I departed and was free from imprisonment."
Will Adams
"So I departed and was free from imprisonment."
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"I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults."
Rocco Buttiglione
"I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults."
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"I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way."
Jeff Miller
"I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way."
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"Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus."
Aneurin Bevan
"Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus."
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"Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."
Robert McNamara
"Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."
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"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."
Langston Hughes
"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."
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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."
David Guterson
"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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"It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom."
Mary Richards
"It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom."
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"I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?"
Richard Marx
"I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?"
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"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom."
Bob Dylan
"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom."
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"Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection."
Neal Boortz
"Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection."
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"To find true freedom, relinquish all of your attachments."
Debasish Mridha
"To find true freedom, relinquish all of your attachments."
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