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" Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings. "

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" How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky. "

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" I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. "

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" They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon. "

" Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. "

" 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. "

" In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing. "

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" The biggest problem is that people have stopped being critical about the role of the computer in their lives. These machines went from being feared as Big Brother surrogates to being thought of as metaphors for liberty and individual freedom. "

" We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification. "

" We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation. "

" The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time. "

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" I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. "

" Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. "

" Whether it's freedom to express, freedom to live, freedom to earn, freedom to thrive, freedom to learn, whatever it is, I want to make sure that I'm a part of these spaces and opening doors. "

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

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" A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. "

" Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear. "

" Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. "

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" We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom. "

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" The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing. "

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