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" Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! "

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" I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America. "

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" Veterans are a symbol of what makes our nation great, and we must never forget all they have done to ensure our freedom. "

Rodney Frelinghuysen

" No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" 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. "

" We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

Thomas Jefferson

" I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life. Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails. "

" Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day. "

John Ralston Saul

" In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere. "

Naftali Bennett

" It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation. "

" I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible. "

" That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual. "

" People demand freedom only when they have no power. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

" There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation. "

" The senseless killing of 20 children and their teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School was not part of God's grand plan. It was a thwarting of God's plan. It was the misuse of human freedom. "

" The work of art is a scream of freedom. "

" I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. "

" If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours. "

" The biggest problem is that people have stopped being critical about the role of the computer in their lives. These machines went from being feared as Big Brother surrogates to being thought of as metaphors for liberty and individual freedom. "

" Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? "

Chuck Palahniuk

" Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians. "

" The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. "

" There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing. "

" Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect. "

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

" Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad. "

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" Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. "

Frederick Douglass

" A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. "

" I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. "

" Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives. "

" If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. "

" Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people. "