938 private quotes tagged freedom

“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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“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.” — Roald Dahl

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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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“A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.” — Newt Gingrich

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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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“To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.” — Shel Silverstein

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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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“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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“No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.” — Vladimir Lenin

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“I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.” — Nina Simone

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“Freedom is the only law which genius knows.” — James Russell Lowell

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“In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.” — J. G. Ballard

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“The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.” — George W. Bush

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“The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.” — Bobby Sands

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“I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.” — Alan Rickman

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“For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.” — Emile M. Cioran

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“Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.” — Will Durant

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“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.” — Will Durant

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“The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.” — Madeleine Albright

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“Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.” — Rollo May

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“The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.” — Marilyn vos Savant

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“Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.” — Alfred Adler

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“Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.” — Charlie Dent

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“The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.” — Denis Diderot

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“Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.” — Warren E. Burger

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