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" We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. "

Herbert Spencer

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" Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect. "

" But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want. "

" The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing. "

Ricardo Alarcon

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

" If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means. "

Michele Bachmann

" We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. "

" I want to have the freedom to do whatever I want. "

" From its conception and that one and only meeting, 'HITNRUN' took about 90 days to prepare its release. If that's what freedom feels like, 'HITNRUN' is what it sounds like. "

" 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

" Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression. "

" I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. "

" 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. "

" I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. "

" It is a paradox of the acquisitive society in which we now live that although private morals are regulated by law, the entrepreneur is allowed considerable freedom to use - and abuse - the public in order to make money. "

" Liberation is not deliverance. "

" To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot. "

" If Anonymous and Lulzsec are the id of hacking, then physical hackerspaces are the heart of the higher-minded hacking ideals: freedom of information, meritocracy of ideas, a joy of learning and anti-authoritarianism. "

" Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society. "

Herbert Spencer

" The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights or, now, gay rights, I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties. "

James McGreevey

" Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important. "

" I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline. "

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

" We gain freedom when we have paid the full price. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat. "

" Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. "

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

Rabindranath Tagore

" In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society. "

" America's commitment to religious freedom and tolerance should not be conditional. "

" I have a place that I get to go to in the Bahamas. It's the only place that guarantees total anonymity and freedom. "

" The American middle class used to be envy of the world. It was a byproduct of economic freedom. We had a very dynamic free-market economy and limited government. People were out there pursuing their own self-interest and creating employment opportunities. "