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So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
– Molly Ivins
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Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.
– Mitt Romney
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
– Bill Moyers
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School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.
– Leigh Steinberg
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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
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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.
– Garrett Hardin
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Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.
– Salman Rushdie
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Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.
– Horst Koehler
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Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
– Benjamin Carson
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Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.
– Mitt Romney
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Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us.
– Mitt Romney
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Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.
– Kenny Loggins
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Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
– Mike Tyson
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Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.
– Guy Finley
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Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.
– Pierre Berton
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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
– Billie Joe Armstrong
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Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.
– Cathy McMorris
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President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience. I will defend religious liberty and overturn regulations that trample on our first freedom.
– Mitt Romney
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President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.
– Barbara Boxer
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.
– Malcolm X
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Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends.
– John Stuart Mill
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Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want - and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack.
– Sloane Crosley
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Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?
– Chuck Palahniuk
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Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.
– Friedrich August von Hayek
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Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution.
– Mitt Romney
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People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.
– Jay Weatherill
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People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
– Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable.
– Martin Amis
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People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.
– Mike Mills
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Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.
– Shimon Peres
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Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.
– Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Our work is a scream of freedom.
– Christo
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Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon.
– John Linder
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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
– Nelson Mandela
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Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.
– Mitt Romney
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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
– Thomas Jefferson
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Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.
– Sharron Angle
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Our forefathers got it they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.
– Luke Scott
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Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.
– Jon Stewart
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
– Tammy Baldwin
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Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
– Friedrich Durrenmatt
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
– E. M. Forster
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One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.
– Lyn Nofziger
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One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.
– Sting
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One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.
– Dan Savage
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Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.
– Larry David
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Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
– Stokely Carmichael
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Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.
– James Otis
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Now, do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely, there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty.
– Chris Christie
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Now we understand much more clearly. why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America. It's called freedom.
– Rudy Giuliani
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Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.
– Quentin Tarantino
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Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.
– Katy Perry
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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.
– Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.
– Demi Moore
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None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.
– Dan Stevens
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None can love freedom heartily, but good men the rest love not freedom, but licence.
– John Milton
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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.
– Patti Smith
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No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.
– Damien Hirst
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No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.
– Thomas Huxley
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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.
– Dean Acheson
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New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.
– Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.
– Joe Baca
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My wife needs her freedom just like me.
– Clive Owen
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My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged.
– Jimmy Wales
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My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left.
– Mike Wallace
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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
– Angela Davis
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My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region.
– Shimon Peres
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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
– Yakov Smirnoff
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My daughters, your daughters, our daughters deserve safety, protection, and the freedom to make their own choices about their personal lives and their physical selves.
– Carre Otis
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Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.
– Jim DeMint
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
– Ibrahim Babangida
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More than anything else, let me be clear - we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. That's what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to.
– Mike Pence
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Money equals freedom.
– Kevin O'Leary
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Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.
– Mary Renault
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Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.
– Arthur Erickson
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Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.
– Andrea Dworkin
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Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.
– Delphine de Girardin
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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.
– Lajos Kossuth
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
– David Herbert Lawrence
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May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.
– Peter Marshall
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Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians who work that way. It felt very natural to me, but I think there's a way to do it without it being a jazz record.
– Jane Siberry
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
– King Abdullah II
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Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.
– Dave Brubeck
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Make no mistake, in this campaign, I will offer the American ideals of economic freedom a clear and unapologetic defense.
– Mitt Romney
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
– Rabindranath Tagore
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Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like. There's nothing that says I can't write a page of full stops. There is no 'should' involved, although you wouldn't know that from literary reviews and critics.
– Kate Atkinson
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Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.
– Joichi Ito
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Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
– John Adams
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Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
– William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.
– Claude Chabrol
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Latinos have fought in all of America's wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.
– Joe Baca
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Justice is never given it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.
– A. Philip Randolph
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Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
– John Bolton
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
– Willie Stargell
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
– Nancy Pelosi
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.
– Dave Brubeck
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Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.
– Dave Brubeck
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It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.
– Anna Paquin
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It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.
– Florence Welch
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