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" The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom. "

Paramahansa Yogananda

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" Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. "

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" We know that freedom has many dimensions. It is the right of the man who tills the land to own the land; the right of the workers to join together to seek better conditions of labor; the right of businessmen to use ingenuity and foresight to produce and distribute without arbitrary interference in a truly competitive economy. "

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" The man who has perceived God looks upon all types of men as dream motion-picture images, made of the relativities of the light of Cosmic Consciousness and the shadows of delusion. "

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" Donald Trump and the First Amendment, it's not a beautiful match; it's not a match made in heaven. Between the free speech rights that he has not defended and the freedom of the press, which he has not defended, it's problematic. "

" Those who have a true understanding of America know that we have no desire for territorial expansion, for economic or other domination of other peoples. Such purposes are repugnant to our ideals of human freedom. "

" People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. "

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" I enjoy the freedom of the blank page. "

" Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. "

" Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad. "

Lal Bahadur Shastri

" Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. "

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

" I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom. "

" Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself. "

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

" Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. "

Aung San Suu Kyi

" 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. "

" We know that our life of freedom is stronger than terror. "

" There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you. "

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" All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!' "

John F. Kennedy

" The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness. "

" 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. "

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" It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things. "

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Edward R. Murrow

" The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. "

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" I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish. "

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