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" It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. "

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" I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management. "

" Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent. "

Alan Dershowitz

Freedom Of Speech

" The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

" Human freedom increasingly depends on who controls what we know and, therefore, how we understand our world. It depends on what information we are able to create and disseminate: what we can share, how we can share it, and with whom we can share it. "

Rebecca MacKinnon

" 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. "

" Communism everywhere has paid the price of rigidity and dogmatism. Freedom has the strength of compassion and flexibility. It has, above all, the strength of intellectual honesty. "

" Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. "

Benjamin Franklin

" 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. "

William J. Clinton

" 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. "

" The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time. "

" If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. "

" Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality. "

" Startup India is welcome for the economy, but it cannot be accompanied by 'Shut Up India' in society. What gives Startup India its strength is freedom of expression, thought, and dissent. You choke this, and you choke entrepreneurship. "

" Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced. "

" Safe working conditions, fair wages, protection from forced labor, and freedom from harassment and discrimination - these must become standard global operating conditions. "

" I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do. "

" 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. "

Bryant H. McGill

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

William Lloyd Garrison

" What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player. "

Milton Friedman

" The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. "

" We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail. "

" Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. "

Black And White

" It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship. "

" You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. "

" The more tools I have, the more freedom I have. "

" The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist. "

Friedrich Engels

" You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.' "

" Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "

" Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. "

Jean-Jacques Rousseau