Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Patrick Henry
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
Gary Johnson
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
Ida B. Wells
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As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.
Natasha Lyonne
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I think, initially, working on your own is really great because it allows you to just be really free and not worry about how things are perceived or if people are going to think you're an idiot. And once that becomes ingrained, at least for me, I think I'll feel really comfortable to work with other people and still feel that same freedom.
K. Flay
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Freedom is never given; it is won.
A. Philip Randolph
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
Vidya Balan
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I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.
Omar Bongo
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I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
Kailash Satyarthi
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I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.
Wendi Deng Murdoch
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Hans Christian Andersen
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
A. J. Liebling
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Of course my uncle was a giant, but my dad, in particular, had the house filled with these great Dixieland jazz stars, really the best of them: Henry Red Allen, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Buster Bailey, Cutty Cutshall, Tyree Glenn, Zutty Singleton. These are all big names in the Dixieland world.
Billy Crystal
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I'm from Chicago and it's a huge influence on me.
Jeff Garlin
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So that's what's going on right now, and I'm looking to put out an album within the next six months.
Christy Romano
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I used to always have a pretty high, little clear voice, but as I got older, I got a little cornbread in it.
Wilson Pickett
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Do every single thing you can to protect yourself, your family, and your country.
Bill Goldberg
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He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave.
Alexis de Tocqueville
