Freedom Quotes
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Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity; and is independence on the will and co-action of every other in so far as this consists with every other person’s freedom.
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Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
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You never compromise with violence. You never compromise with intimidation. You never compromise by those who want to use those to extinguish freedom and democracy, because if you do then the very things for which you stand are extinguished.
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Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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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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Freedom, like everything else, is relative.
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
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... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.
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Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.
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Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.
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Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
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Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
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You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
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If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.
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I do believe that there will be a clash between East and West. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the systems of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think that it will be based upon the color of the skin….
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It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is.
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Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
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The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
