“We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.”
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“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.”
“There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.”
“When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.”
“I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.”
“Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.”
“I need this wild life, this freedom.”
“Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.”
“Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.”
“Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.”
“Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.”
“Human beings crave freedom at their core.”
“The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.”
“We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation.”
“The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.”
“Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.”
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”
“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.”
“Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.”
“It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
“I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”
“I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.”