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" Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. "

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" Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" We all have goals: We want to matter. We want to be important. We want to have freedom and power to pursue our creative work. We want respect from our peers and recognition for our accomplishments. Not out of vanity or selfishness, but of an earnest desire to fulfill our personal potential. "

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

Clarence Darrow

" In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules. "

" The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. "

" 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. "

" Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy. "

" I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism. "

" As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility. "

Arnold J. Toynbee

" I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute. "

" Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny. "

" The American dream is about freedom. "

" A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. "

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

Robert Metcalfe

" We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. "

Alan Dershowitz

" Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect. "

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

" 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. "

" One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. "

" I know the freedom that cycling gives you in terms of being able to just jump on and go. "

Bradley Wiggins

" There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? That's why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves. "

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

" I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration. "

" I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself. "

" The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. "

" Money is time made tangible - the time invested in the earning of it. Taxation is the confiscation of the earner's time. Although some taxation is necessary, all taxation diminishes freedom. "

" I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. "

" Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. "

" No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. "

" Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love - it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend. "