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Freedom Quotes
"If I was in Talon, I would be the one in charge, I'd be the one calling the shots. I wouldn't have to take pointless exams, listen to humans or worry that my every move was being watched. In Talon, dragons were the bosses, the presidents, the CEOs. If I was a part of the organization, no one would tell me what to do ever again.I would have to let some things go. I t might be painful, but in the end, it would be worth it. Sacrifice was necessary, but I would be free."
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"Almost as if speaking to herself, she continued, I would love to fly. I've always wondered what it be like to have that sense of freedom.A wistful note in her voice tugged at something deep inside him.He replied. I couldn't conceive of living without it. I can't imagine being forever grounded."
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"I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see."
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"All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States -- and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!"
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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."
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"The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work stretch out in the sun and scratch himself."
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"Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny."
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"Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom."
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"There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free."
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"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves."
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"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."
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"Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise."
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"Freedom is the cornerstone of progress; it empowers us to shape our destiny and build a better tomorrow."
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"Freedom is not an inheritance; it is a responsibility."
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"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
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"Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America."
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"He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsible only to himself for the things he did. Freedom! He was his own master at last. From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him."
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"The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it."
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"To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist."
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"What are you doing? Her voice shook."Whatever I want, sweetheart."
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"Censorship is alive and well in America."
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"Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. This is what determines the quality of the life we've lived - not whether we've been rich or poor, famous or unknown, healthy or suffering. What determines our quality of life is how we relate to these realities, what kind of meaning we assign them, what kind of attitude we cling to about them, what state of mind we allow them to trigger."
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"The chains that break you, are the chains that make you. And the chains that make you, are the chains you break."
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"In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual."
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"There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed."
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian."
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"I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land."
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"Confidence, darling.' He leans across the table and touches a finger to my cheek. 'You could learn something from me, you know."
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"You can't take the sky from me."
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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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"We are free to live the life we have imagined, not the life imagined for us."
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"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."
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"Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal."
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"I claim the right to take a stand once in a while."
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"When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority."
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"The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws."
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