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" I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that freedom of expression is not freedom from consequence. "

Roxane Gay

Wish

Believe

Freedom

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" The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. "

Maximilien Robespierre

Tyranny

People

Lies

" That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. "

" Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. "

" God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. "

" The more liberty you give away the more you will have. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

Freedom

Away

" 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. "

" Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a seductive marketing campaign. The idea of women moving through the world as freely as men should sell itself. "

" Day after day with them, I see more and more of my parents in me. I see where all my quirks come from. I see my future. "

Roxane Gay

Future

Day

" If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. "

" Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. "

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

" If you're a Muslim and you love America and freedom and you hate terror, stay here and help us win and make a future together. We want you. "

" When I take a knee, I am facing the flag with my full body, staring straight into the heart of our country's ultimate symbol of freedom - because I believe it is my responsibility, just as it is yours, to ensure that freedom is afforded to everyone in this country. "

" We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. "

" The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. "

" It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom. "

" Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all. "

" Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps. "

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

Growing

Freedom

Day

" Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and communitarian - a vision that brings out the unity of the person while clearly distinguishing between the dimension of the citizen and that of the believer. "

" Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure. I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself, and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing. "

" Internet outrage can seem mindless, but it rarely is. To make that assumption is dismissive. There's something beneath the outrage - an unwillingness to be silent in the face of ignorance, hatred or injustice. Outrage may not always be productive, but it is far better than silence. "

" Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual. "

" There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. "

" Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those. "

" No man is good enough to be another's master. "

" That's what is always fascinating about racism - how it is allowed, if not encouraged, to flourish freely in public spaces, the way racism and bigotry are so often unquestioned. "

" Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again. "

" In junior high school, I learned that I could be good at school. I remember liking the freedom to choose classes and the pleasure of learning and doing well. My perseverance and love of reading had somehow allowed me to overcome many disadvantages of dyslexia, and I read a lot of books for pleasure. "

Carol W. Greider

Learning

Perseverance

" The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity. "

" I have known beaches, but I have no particular fondness for them. I don't like sand in my crevices. I don't like sand at all. I don't enjoy all that sunshine and heat without the benefit of climate control. "