Freedom Quotes
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Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that you toast in champagne. On the contrary, it's hard graft and a long-distance run, all alone, very exhausting. Alone in a dreary room, alone in the dock before the judges, and alone to make up your mind, before yourself and before the judgement of others. At the end of every freedom there is a sentence, which is why freedom is too heavy to bear.
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I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests.
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The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
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The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.
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Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies.
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If you live in a democracy and don't have freedom of information, it's not a democracy. And people have to understand that if you don't have freedom of information online, it's not going to be offline, either.
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Freedom has become a commodity whose availability, paradoxically, keeps society in check. The threat of its loss seems to enable us to tolerate its imposition.
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Is the American tradition of self-reliance disappearing? That's a painful question for conservatives to ponder. After all, we're dedicated to reducing the role of government and promoting individual freedom and opportunity. But the facts, while sad, are clear: More Americans today depend more heavily on government than ever before.
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I suppose I'm pulled towards fiction because I really like the freedom it gives me.
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The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom.
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I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other people's playgrounds!
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Truth and freedom, having few lovers, are demanding mistresses.
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Pushing the boundaries of my golden cage, searching for new ways of expression and freedom, unveiling the ambiguities between music and art, friendship and love—that was my summer of 1979.
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Only law can give us freedom.
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My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.
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All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.
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There is a fine sense of freedom that comes from wandering about a familiar city with no particular destination in mind, with no one to meet, no duties, no obligations. I had nothing to do and a thousand nameless, sun-drenched streets to do it in.
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My interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise.
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We are the party of big guns, fast cars, and hot women. If you can't sell freedom to the American people then you're in the wrong line of work.
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I became a musician to be free, and freedom means pursuing your musical interests. So if you were tied to be in a band only, that probably would be too restrictive.
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Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting.
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My heart goes out to DJs who are governed entirely by playlists. Being allowed the freedom of choice, that - for me - is what makes radio special.
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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
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There could not be a restoration of the gospel without freedom. God provided this country as the base of his operations in these the last days, a place where there would be freedom, where he could restore his gospel.
