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" Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy. "

Corazon Aquino

Freedom

Democracy

Decisions

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" Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. "

" You can only be free if I am free. "

Clarence Darrow

Free

You

" The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. "

" But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. "

" On Putin's order, Russia intervenes in Syria not to fight terrorists but to abet the war crimes of the Assad regime. Russian bombers deliberately target aid workers and hospitals. They threaten Syrian freedom fighters trained by the U.S. They are allied with our enemies in the Middle East and trying to weaken our friendships there. "

" I consider myself a freedom fighter, fighting for my clients. "

" Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. "

" I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. "

" America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. "

" I was weaned not on television or Wild West sagas but on stories of nationalism and patriotism. I would sit at my mother's feet by the hour and drink in these exciting tales of the freedom fighters in our family. "

" Every woman needs a private pin money stash. That is her own personal stash of cash to do with whatever she wants. It gives a woman freedom even if she doesn't spend it - especially if she doesn't spend it. "

" I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines. "

" When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. "

" It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the most difficult and pivotal periods in modern history. Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end Communism. "

" 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. "

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

" I am mortal. I want the nation to get used to freedom before I die. "

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Want

Die

Freedom

" Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. "

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Man

Freedom

Thought

" Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. "

" We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. "

" The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. "

" No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. "

" Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised. "

Ferdinand Marcos

Freedom

Just

" In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. "

" In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom. "

" I've spoken often of how the fantasy genre is able to, with the greatest freedom among all the genres, take a metaphor and make it real. But of course that's only the starting point. "

" Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces. "

" What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. "