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" Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. "

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" Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and communitarian - a vision that brings out the unity of the person while clearly distinguishing between the dimension of the citizen and that of the believer. "

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" 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. "

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" You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. "

" To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. "

" 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. "

" And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. "

" Although China is not so wealthy and powerful as the West, her people of whatever condition - rich or poor, high or low - all enjoy a perfect freedom and a happy life. Not so all the inhabitants of Western lands. "

" Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. "

George Washington

" No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. "

" We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

" The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom. "

Madeleine Albright

" I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports. "

" Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" In the Bible, God offered the Pharaoh freedom if he would just let the oppressed people free to go to the land of milk and honey. But the Pharaoh disobeyed, and he was destroyed. "

" Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. "

" Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. "

" Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most. "

Haruki Murakami

" Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. "

" We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. "

" Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence. "

Coretta Scott King

" Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. "

" Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action. "

" When I take a knee, I am facing the flag with my full body, staring straight into the heart of our country's ultimate symbol of freedom - because I believe it is my responsibility, just as it is yours, to ensure that freedom is afforded to everyone in this country. "

" The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore. "

Angela Ahrendts

" 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. "

" When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the intense happiness, now lost, I sometimes think that childhood is where the real meaning of life is located, and that we, adults, are its servants - that that's our purpose. "

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

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