George Michael 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.
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The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
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The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society - a system that has fostered unprecedented political, social, and intellectual freedom.
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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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He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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The defense of marriage is the defense of freedom. Neither of which is obsolete.
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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I'm just not somebody who can sit around doing nothing, and all of us in the Foo Fighters have our own things outside of the band. I'm not going to use the cliche that those outlets bring us back fresh and with new ideas, but what I will say is that it keeps us all feeling free - and that creative freedom is a very positive thing.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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There's not a day goes by that I don't appreciate the freedom that I have to make music and tour and spend time with my family.
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The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.
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Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were slaves by birth, freedom fighters by temperament.
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Many of Reagan's listeners thought he was dreaming. But Reagan had faith in freedom. He knew that communism, although militarily powerful, was ideologically dead. He knew what our Founders knew: that, in a truly legitimate government, power does not come out of the barrel of a gun, but only from the consent of the people.
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I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint.
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Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.
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We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.
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Wings are freedom only when they are wide open in flight. On one's back they are a heavy weight.
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As you get older, you treasure the beautiful things of the past but also see things more clearly.
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I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light; I'd take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. That's how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques.
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I don't know why we have this flair for having dramatic finishes, but we've definitely had a few through the years.
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Freedom. I will not give you up.
