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" I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries. "
John Wayne
Fight
Story
History
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" A Black man should be more independent and depend on himself for his freedom and not to take it for granted that someone would lead him to it. The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves. "
Steven Biko
Freedom
Man
Tired
" Makeup is no different than clothes and accessories - it's embellishments for your face. And it also gives you creative freedom. You get to have that moment in front the mirror every morning and give yourself self-love. You're making yourself up beautiful, which is essentially self-love. "
Michelle Phan
Moment
Freedom
Beautiful
" The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. "
Harry S Truman
Freedom
United
Possible
" Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go. "
Hazel Scott
Hand
Behind
Freedom
" Saying that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say. "
Jean-Michel Jarre
Care
Saying
Freedom Of Speech
" Before and after emancipation, the Negro, in self-defense, was propelled toward the white employer. The endowments of wealthy white men have developed great institutions of learning for the Negro, but the freedom of action on the part of these same universities has been curtailed in proportion as they are indebted to white philanthropies. "
W. E. B. Du Bois
Freedom
Action
Men
" Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. "
Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom
Err
Having
" When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I'd read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over. "
John Wayne
Russia
Over
University
" One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground. "
Sonny Perdue
Life
Perspective
Sky
" As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind. Throughout my struggle to secure national freedom for China, I have continuously dreamed of the day when she would assume the full stature of an independent, democratic nation. "
Chiang Kai-shek
Imagination
She
Struggle
" In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the 'New York Times' - coupled with the favourable Supreme Court rulings on publication of the Pentagon Papers - were landmarks for the interpretation of First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press. "
Lionel Barber
New York
American
Blessing
" Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery. "
W. E. B. Du Bois
Most
Today
Slavery
" You have freedom, so you have to make choices - and at the point when I make a choice, the building starts to look like a Frank Gehry building. It's a signature. "
Frank Gehry
Look
Freedom
Choices
" Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. "
George Orwell
Tell
Right
Want
" I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. "
Bob Dylan
Responsibility
Freedom
Think
" The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America. "
Marilyn vos Savant
Freedom
Individual
America
" Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations. "
Os Guinness
Family
Enjoy
Freedom
" I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. "
James Madison
People
Freedom
Power
" I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows? "
Oscar Nunez
Wake Up
Up
Morning
" One of the things that fascinated me about modeling was that you had the freedom to look any way you wanted. "
Veronica Webb
Look
Freedom
Way
" 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. "
Anna Julia Cooper
Race
Kind
Humanity
" My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers. "
John Wayne
Saturday
Go
Always
" America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. "
John Doolittle
America
Democracy
World
" Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined. "
Patrick Henry
Freedom
You
Will
" Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children. "
Steve Wozniak
Knowledge
Me
Hero
" The American Dream is about freedom. "
Rick Mears
American
American Dream
Freedom
" Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect. "
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
Goes
Freedom
Mutual Respect
" Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. "
Felix Frankfurter
Free
Society
Achieving
" We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. "
Mohammed Morsi
Freedom
Vision
Struggle
" 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. "
Charlie Dent
Enjoy
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Sacrifice