938 private quotes tagged freedom

“Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.” — Gary Bauer

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“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” — Wole Soyinka

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“As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.” — Jon Meacham

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“Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.” — Gerry Adams

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“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.” — Coretta Scott King

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“And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.” — Pat Robertson

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“We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.” — Herbert Spencer

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“Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

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“It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.” — Rollo May

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“Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.” — Gustave Flaubert

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“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.” — Anna Quindlen

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“We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.” — Theodore C. Sorensen

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“You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.” — Tertullian

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“In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.” — Peter Ustinov

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“Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth let a people loving freedom come to growth.” — Margaret Walker

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“I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.” — Stockwell Day

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“Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.” — Arsene Wenger

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“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” — Frank Herbert

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“I need this wild life, this freedom.” — Zane Grey

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“The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.” — Michael Korda

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“The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.” — Thucydides

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“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.” — William Morris

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“The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.” — George W. Bush

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“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.” — Friedrich Engels

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“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.” — William Lloyd Garrison

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