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Freedom Quotes
"All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day."
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"The only way to set yourself free is to meet each new challenge relatively."
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"If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth."
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"I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about."
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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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"Disconnect from society's pressure to conform. Do things your own way."
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"I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual."
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"The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised."
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"We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents."
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"A spirit, breathing the language of independence, is natural to Englishmen, few of whom are disposed to brook compulsion, or submit to the dictates of others, when not softened by reason, or tempered with kindness."
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"You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing."
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"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."
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"Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert."
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"How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure."
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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!"
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"You must stand for free speech in the streets."
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"I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations."
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"Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right."
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"Freedom is what we do with what is done to us."
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"The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement."
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"The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor."
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"I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself."
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"Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends."
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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 also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world."
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"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation."
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"I am running and singing and when it's raining I'm the only one left on the open street, smiling with my eyes fixed on the sky because it's cleaning me. I'm the one on the other side of the party, hearing laughter and the emptying of bottles while I peacefully make my way to the river, a lonely road, following the smell of the ocean. I'm the one waking up at 4am to witness the sunrise, where the sky touches the sea, and I hold my elbows, grasping tight to whatever I've made of myself."
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"Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom."
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"Wherever it is resisted, slaver dies away and freedom grows."
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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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"Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being."
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