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" Those who think of freedom in this country as one long, broad path leading ever onward and upward are dead damned wrong. "

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" I couldn't find any way to tell the truth in a regular newspaper. "

" I do object to those who jump from political hackery to flackery and expect respect. "

" People are dying in vain because this country isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody. "

Colin Kaepernick

" Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. "

" Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and communitarian - a vision that brings out the unity of the person while clearly distinguishing between the dimension of the citizen and that of the believer. "

Pope Benedict XVI

" 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

" People like to help. They like to be able to do something for you. Let them. "

" I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress. "

Frederick Douglass

" One of the more urp-making habits of media mavens is presuming to speak for the American people, as in 'The American people won't stand for this!' "

" Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure. "

" One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will. "

" Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. "

John Kenneth Galbraith

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

Stokely Carmichael

" 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. "

" Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity. "

" America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. "

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

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

" No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. "

" Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country. "

" Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much. "

" 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. "

Richard M. Nixon

" Raise hell - big time. I want y'all to get out there and raise hell about damned near everything. My word, there's a world out there that needs fixing. Get out there and get after it. "

" The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time. "

Andre Leon Talley

" What I've been telling people is that the doctors are gaining on cancer very rapidly. It's almost become a chronic disease, like diabetes - something you can treat. It doesn't go away, and you're not well in the sense of being over it, but you go on and live your life. "

" I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of which I cannot recall ever having experienced. "

" 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. "

" The erosion of personal freedom and liberty as a result of federal policy and legislation is alarming. "

Derrick Grayson

" Conformity is painful. You know, it's too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom. "