938 private quotes tagged freedom

“The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.” — Felix Adler

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“I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.” — George Papandreou

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“But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour.” — Wendell Willkie

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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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“The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.” — Titus Livius

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“I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.” — Jeff Miller

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“The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.” — Molly Ivins

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“I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth.” — Bill Keller

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“Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.” — Bob Taft

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“When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk.” — Serj Tankian

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“The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.” — Constance Baker Motley

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“Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.” — Freida Pinto

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“If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.” — Wendell Willkie

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“Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.” — Carrie-Anne Moss

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“All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described.” — Conrad Black

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“The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.” — Mike Fitzpatrick

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“I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.” — Moira Kelly

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“There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.” — Harriet Ann Jacobs

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“With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music.” — Ian MacKaye

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“I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isn't free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community.” — Robert M. Gates

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“The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.” — Phyllis Schlafly

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“The enemies of freedom will not prevail.” — Bill Frist

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“I have just enough people paying attention that I have the freedom to be in charge. And I have a great record company - Nonesuch understands what I'm about.” — Emmylou Harris

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“You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.” — Carlos Fuentes

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“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.” — Robert Foster Bennett

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