938 private quotes tagged freedom

“Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.” — John Stossel

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“Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.” — Ice Cube

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“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.” — Madonna Ciccone

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“Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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“It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious. They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative.” — Miguel Jontel Pimentel

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“Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” — George Washington Carver

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“Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.” — Kofi Annan

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“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.” — James A. Garfield

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“Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.” — Richard Cobden

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“Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie and the workers want no lying.” — Mikhail Bakunin

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“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.” — Malcolm X

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“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference.” — Marc Morial

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“As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.” — Andrea Dworkin

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“To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.” — Herbert Read

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“Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.” — Mario Vargas Llosa

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“It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.” — Joe Baca

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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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“It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them.” — Godfrey Reggio

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“The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.” — Ai Weiwei

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“I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside of a prison in a way.” — Juliette Binoche

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“Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.” — Ingrid Newkirk

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