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" I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. "

Charles Dickens

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" Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. "

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" Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. "

" It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. "

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" The American dream is about freedom. "

" 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. "

" Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man. "

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" He would make a lovely corpse. "

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" The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. "

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" If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off. "

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" Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important. "

" There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free. "

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" 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. "

" Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. "

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" In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules. "

" It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. "

" I think that short films often contain an originality, a creative freedom, an energy and an invention that is inspiring and entertaining. I think they are, as Shakespeare put it, a good deed in a naughty world. "

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" It's very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party. Instead, it started to become this electronic lifestyle which also involved the glorification of technology. "

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" Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. "

" An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself. "

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" Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience. "

" You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. "

" We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs. "

" In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it. "

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" Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does not separate religion and politics. It is partly a religion, but it is much more than that. It has a political agenda that goes far outside the realm of religion. "

" When historians consider the significance of the Berlin crises of the mid-20th century, I do not believe that they will record it as an incident in the encirclement of freedom. The true view, in my judgment, will be to see it rather as a major episode in the recession of communism. "

" Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive. "

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" We are so very 'umble. "

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" Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life. "

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