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" The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom. "

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" Human freedom increasingly depends on who controls what we know and, therefore, how we understand our world. It depends on what information we are able to create and disseminate: what we can share, how we can share it, and with whom we can share it. "

" Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms; our world is made of language. "

" Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. "

" Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. "

" Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery. "

" The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. "

" I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know. "

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" I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom. "

" The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything. "

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

" 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. "

" Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that. "

" In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom. "

" Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again. "

" Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed. "

" Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. "

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" We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. "

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

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" It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation. "

" Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle - even though it cannot be solved - is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine. "

" Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately. "

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" I consider myself a freedom fighter, fighting for my clients. "

" Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. "

" 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. "

" The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back. "

" A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about. "

" Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. "

" Freedom is not an instantaneous holiday, as we once dreamed. It is a road. A long road. We know this now. "

" For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you. "