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" The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. "

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" How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom. "

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

Theodore Roosevelt

" I want to have freedom with everything I do. "

" People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people. "

" I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines. "

" Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? "

Chuck Palahniuk

" We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed. "

" But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom. "

" I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows? "

" When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. "

Charles Evans Hughes

" I support engagement, diplomacy, and trade with Cuba, China, Vietnam, and many countries with less than stellar human rights records, because I believe that once enslaved people taste freedom and see the products of capitalism, they will become hungry for freedom themselves. "

" The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. "

" The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression. "

" The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. "

" It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom. "

Bryant H. McGill

" A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it. "

Frank Lloyd Wright

" A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. "

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

" None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

" When historians consider the significance of the Berlin crises of the mid-20th century, I do not believe that they will record it as an incident in the encirclement of freedom. The true view, in my judgment, will be to see it rather as a major episode in the recession of communism. "

" Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence. "

Milton Friedman

" Sometimes freedom from normal rules is what gives you competitive advantage. "

" I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. "

" The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. "

" The leaders of the world face no greater task than that of avoiding nuclear war. While preserving the cause of freedom, we must seek abolition of war through programs of general and complete disarmament. The Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 represents a significant beginning in this immense undertaking. "

" The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. "

William O. Douglas

" So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you. "

" Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things. "

" The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of. "

" Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces. "