938 private quotes tagged freedom

“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

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“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” — A. J. Liebling

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“Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.” — David Herbert Lawrence

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“A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society.” — Joseph Ratzinger

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“No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.” — Kate Adie

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“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.” — Abbie Hoffman

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“Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.” — Doc Hastings

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“Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.” — Theodor Adorno

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“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.” — E. M. Forster

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“The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.” — George W. Bush

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“A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.” — Kurt Huber

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“There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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“Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.” — Thomas Huxley

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“So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.” — B. R. Ambedkar

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“Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” — Hans Christian Anderson

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“No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.” — Thomas Huxley

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“Freedom is the only law which genius knows.” — James Russell Lowell

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“To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.” — Virginia Woolf

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“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” — W. Somerset Maugham

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“Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.” — Frank Murphy

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“You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.” — George W. Bush

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“For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.” — Olof Palme

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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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