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" If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. "

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Deborah Moggach

" 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. "

Kenneth Branagh

" Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. "

Jiddu Krishnamurti

" It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom. "

" Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard. "

" The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything. "

" People call us heroes, but we are nothing compared to our police force and fire fighters and everybody who protects us and makes sure our freedom is held to the highest standard. "

" Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living. "

" May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. "

" The battle for freedom and liberty really never is over, and there are really low points in it, but I'm not giving up, and I'm not gonna engage in phony pep talks, either. "

" You can only be free if I am free. "

Clarence Darrow

" Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself. "

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

" Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

Charles Dickens

" 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. "

" True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment. "

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

" Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. "

" Hell is a half-filled auditorium. "

" 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. "

" True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. "

" Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action. "

" I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish. "

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" Americans and Europeans share a common goal - to build an enduring peace based on freedom. "

" I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom. "

" Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. "

William Lloyd Garrison

" Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. "