Nadine Strossen Quotes
“Freedom has its risks. Suppression of freedom, I believe, is a sure prescription for disaster.”
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I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood.
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Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism.
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When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.
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When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
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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.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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Freedom is living without chains.
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Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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Freedom. It's not something you go out and die for.
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I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.
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Not to mention the fact that of course terrorists hate freedom. I think they do hate. But believe me, I don't think they sit there abstractly hating freedom.
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If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
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A lack of moral clarity is also the tragedy that has befallen efforts to advance peace and security in the world. Promoting peace and security is fundamentally connected to promoting freedom and democracy.
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Positivity gives me a boost to do better. Negativity gives me a boost to try and prove people wrong. So I use both of them positively.
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Those are values that help guide not just my family's Christian faith, but that of Jewish Americans, and Muslim Americans; nonbelievers and Americans of all backgrounds. And no one better embodies that spirit of service than the men and women who wear our country's uniform and their families.
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This is a highly motivated, good country. It is driven by good motives. But it is also a country with an extremely simplistic understanding of world affairs, and with still a high confidence in America’s capacity to prevail, by force if necessary. (...) This is a country of good emotions, but poor knowledge and little sophistication about the world.
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I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.
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“Freedom has its risks. Suppression of freedom, I believe, is a sure prescription for disaster.”
