“If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.”
— Kofi Annan
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Your True traveller finds boredom rather agreeable
“Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.”
— Aldous Huxley
Author: Aldous Huxley
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I now bid farewell to the country
“I now bid farewell to the country of my birth – of my passions – of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies – whose factions I sought to quell – whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim – whose freedom has been my fatal dream.”
— Thomas Francis Meagher
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Nothing has been purchased more dearly than
“Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The condition every art requires is, not
“The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.”
— Willa Cather
Author: Willa Cather
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Obedience is detachment from the self. This
“Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.”
— Bede Griffiths
Author: Bede Griffiths
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This is an exciting time. I believe
“This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age – a Golden Age – of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing.”
— Joe Lieberman
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Freedom from effort in the present merely
“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Freedom cannot be given… It can only
“Freedom cannot be given… It can only be taken away.”
— David Allan Coe
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Fear is not in the habit of
“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.”
— Tacitus
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I am confident that in the end
“I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror – and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure.”
— Doc Hastings
Author: Doc Hastings
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