938 private quotes tagged freedom

“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.” — Nelson Mandela

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“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.” — Nelson Mandela

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“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.” — Nelson Mandela

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“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.” — Victor Hugo

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“Freedom lies in being bold.” — Robert Frost

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“A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.” — Aldous Huxley

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“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.” — Albert Camus

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“Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison

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“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.” — Robert Frost

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“Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.” — Albert Camus

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“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” — George Orwell

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“It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.” — Mark Twain

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“Art is the daughter of freedom.” — Friedrich Schiller

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“Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.” — H. L. Mencken

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“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.” — Ronald Reagan

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“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela

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“You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.” — Robert Frost

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