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" I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom as a fiction writer. Nothing that happened holds any special tyranny over me. "

John Irving

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" No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. "

" I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails. "

" I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. "

Diogenes

Freedom

Citizen

" Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon. "

" Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. "

" Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. "

" I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. "

" I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now. "

" I have a place that I get to go to in the Bahamas. It's the only place that guarantees total anonymity and freedom. "

" Freedom is... not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day. "

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

" In 1960, when I came out of prison as an ex-convict, I had more freedom under parolee supervision than there's available... in America right now. "

" I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice. "

" There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy. "

" That sacred space of conscience where you can exercise your rights in terms of religious freedom and deeply-held, reasonable beliefs is the core of human dignity. In fact, that's the basis for civilization itself. And when you lose that fundamental principle... you have no basis on which to build. "

" The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. "

" Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security. "

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Money

Freedom

Said

" Laws protecting the United States flag do not cut away at the freedom of speech guaranteed in the First Amendment... Congress made this position clear upon passage of the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which prohibited desecration of the flag. "

" Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. "

" If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom. "

" I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. "

" Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. "

Voltaire

Wishes

Freedom

" It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things. "

" I wasn't afraid of anything until I had a kid. Then I was terrified because immediately I could imagine a hundred ways in which I could not protect him. "

" You don't want to be ungenerous toward people who give you prizes, but it is never the social or political message that interests me in a novel. I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character. "

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

" I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice. "

" There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. "

" I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom. "

Kailash Satyarthi

Than

Slavery