938 private quotes tagged freedom

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” — Thomas Paine

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“He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.” — Erich Fromm

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“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” — George Washington

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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” — John F. Kennedy

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“America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.” — Lord Byron

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“This is the highest wisdom that I own: freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.” — Johnny Carson

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“Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.” — Walt Whitman

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“China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.” — Dalai Lama

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“We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” — John F. Kennedy

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“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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“The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.” — Alice Walker

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“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.” — Pericles

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“To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.” — Rowan Atkinson

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“The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.” — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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“Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether.” — Luis Bunuel

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“There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on.” — Dave Matthews

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“A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.” — Suze Orman

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“I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in.” — Michael J. Fox

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“A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.” — Bodhidharma

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“Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.” — Frank Herbert

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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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