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" Freedom is the recognition of necessity. "

Friedrich Engels

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" Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish. "

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" 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. "

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" My mother and I were part of a deal in the mid-'60s between Romania and Israel. Israel bought freedom for Romanian Jews for $2,000 a head. Ceausescu made a bundle in hard currency. He also 'sold' ethnic Germans to West Germany. Instead of going to Israel, my mother and I came to the United States. "

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" The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck. "

" Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days. "

" To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot. "

" Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. "

" The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist. "

Friedrich Engels

" I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray. "

" 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. "

" One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness. "

Ezra Taft Benson

" Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. "

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" One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. "

Ferdinand Mount

" Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence Of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom & Father of the University of Virginia. "

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" The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves. "

" A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity. "

" Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. "

" That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music. "

" I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me. "

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Jean-Paul Sartre

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

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" The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. "

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" In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods. "