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" Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised. "

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" Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. "

Alexander Meiklejohn

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" I retweet Amnesty International tweets a lot. It isn't just, 'This person is incarcerated unjustly.' It's also, 'This person was just released.' Those are the victories we work toward, so if we don't inform people of the victories, it does become doom and gloom. "

" The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money. "

" Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people. "

" In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency. "

" In a lot of ways, I think television is better for women than film. "

" Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog, the cat's personality is never bet on a human's. He demands acceptance on his own terms. "

" Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the director's eyes, you 'get it right' does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater. "

" We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents. "

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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" 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. "

" For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. "

" The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works. "

" 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. "

" Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations. "

" Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. "

" In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. "

" The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck. "

" I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray. "

Lech Walesa

" Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom. "

" None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. "

" Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. "

" I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression. "

" I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. "

" The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties. "

" Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. "

" Innovation makes the world go round. It brings prosperity and freedom. "

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

" But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want. "

" It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty. "

" My mother and I were part of a deal in the mid-'60s between Romania and Israel. Israel bought freedom for Romanian Jews for $2,000 a head. Ceausescu made a bundle in hard currency. He also 'sold' ethnic Germans to West Germany. Instead of going to Israel, my mother and I came to the United States. "