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" Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important. "

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" I think people are going to places that they weren't able to with television before, and I think Netflix really paved the way for that. With freedom comes better content, and with better content comes great actors and a bigger audience. I think that has just snowballed into a movement for making really great TV. "

" I just enjoy both working and not working. "

" Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" 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. "

" 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

" Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. "

" We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. "

Edward R. Murrow

" If Anonymous and Lulzsec are the id of hacking, then physical hackerspaces are the heart of the higher-minded hacking ideals: freedom of information, meritocracy of ideas, a joy of learning and anti-authoritarianism. "

" I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish. "

Toussaint Louverture

" We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. "

John F. Kennedy

" What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did. "

" Great songs stand out wherever they're from. "

" Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from. "

" A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom. "

" The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties. "

James McGreevey

" What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another. "

" Conformity is painful. You know, it's too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom. "

" After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors. "

" I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom. "

" We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. "

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" Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left. "

Donella Meadows

" I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression. "

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" The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected. "

" The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle. "

" Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately. "

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" When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player. "

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