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" Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy. "
Deeyah Khan
Freedom
Speech
Democracy
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" I know some women's rights activists have seen so much abuse that they can't stand men, but I have a sense of empathy with the men. Without excusing the abuse they are capable of, many of them are trapped within these communities and bound by expectations they didn't necessarily ask for. "
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" You don't get the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop. You don't give the outgoing regime - which has been practicing dictatorship, is an authoritarian system, it's a bunch of military people - the task of changing Egypt into a second republic, a new Egypt with democracy, freedom, rights, etc. "
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" Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women. "
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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" Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say? "
Kurt Vonnegut
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Living
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" I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will. "
David Byrne
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Crazy
" Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. "
Milton Friedman
Belief
Group
Freedom
" Communism everywhere has paid the price of rigidity and dogmatism. Freedom has the strength of compassion and flexibility. It has, above all, the strength of intellectual honesty. "
Robert Kennedy
Compassion
Freedom
Honesty
" The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression. "
Jorge Ramos
Freedom
Country
Me
" What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. "
Salman Rushdie
Freedom
Without
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" 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. "
John McCain
War
Freedom
Trying
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Life
Sacrifice
Freedom
" Freedom always deals with 'the possible'; this gives freedom its great flexibility, its fascination, and its dangers. "
Rollo May
Always
Possible
Great
" I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me. "
Wilma Rudolph
Me
Feeling
Fresh Air
" Making people fear the expression of their own power is a very effective way of disempowering them. It is not just those who feel the frustration of being silenced: it also encompasses every person who has no idea of their own power to realise their visions because they have not seen this in action in their communities. "
Deeyah Khan
Frustration
Action
Power
" 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
Limit
God
Satan
" Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. "
Sigmund Freud
Responsibility
Freedom
People
" Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government. "
Joe Baca
Freedom
Foundation
Government
" Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so the power of freedom, the power of ideas will spread, and it will change those societies in very dramatic ways. "
Eric Schmidt
Change
Freedom
Ideas
" Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom. "
Friedrich August von Hayek
Known
Will
Freedom
" True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. "
Corliss Lamont
Freedom
Self
Independence
" A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. "
Bob Dylan
Someone
Responsibility
Hero
" Political and economic insecurity inevitably translates into insecurity in people's everyday lives, from lack of access to welfare to the increasing lack of security in the workplace. "
Deeyah Khan
Political
Security
Insecurity
" I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. "
Simone de Beauvoir
Freedom
Human
I Wish
" No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization and freedom of thought. "
William S. Burroughs
Freedom
Body
Knowledge
" We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification. "
Denis Napthine
Freedom
Want
Rules
" In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice. "
Doc Hastings
Democracy
Justice
Freedom
" If you look at one of the basic underlying tenets of liberty, it's freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom to access of information. If we start sequestering that and blocking it off, you're going to have pockets around the world that are going to become more and more isolated. "
Ted Yoho
Start
World
Freedom
" I'm just trying to stretch the public space wider and make it more open so that a wider variety of people and faces and stories and perspectives and also expertise can come through. So everything that I do rests on that, trying to support on other voices. "
Deeyah Khan
Support
Open
People
" Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that. "
Richard M. Nixon
Patriotism
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" 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. "
Tariq Ramadan
Sad
Speak
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