938 private quotes tagged freedom

“As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.” — Pythagoras

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“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

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“I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.” — Jimmy Wales

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“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.” — Kate Adie

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“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.” — Abbie Hoffman

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“Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” — A. J. Liebling

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“Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.” — Theodor Adorno

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“137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.” — Doc Hastings

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“The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.” — George W. Bush

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“A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.” — Kurt Huber

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“There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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“Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.” — Thomas Huxley

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“So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.” — B. R. Ambedkar

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“Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” — Hans Christian Anderson

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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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“Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny democracy, not dictatorship the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.” — Tony Blair

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“Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.” — David Herbert Lawrence

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“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” — W. Somerset Maugham

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“Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” — Frank Murphy

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“You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.” — George W. Bush

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“We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us.” — Barbara Boxer

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“How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.” — William Wordsworth

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“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.” — E. M. Forster

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