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  Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

  Pericles

  Courage, Words Of Wisdom, Deep Thought

  "Homage to Greece". Book by Anglo-American-Hellenic Bureau of Education, 1943.

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• Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

  Irving Kristol

  Witty, Humorous, Patriotic

  "Two Cheers for Capitalism". Book by Irving Kristol, May 11, 1978.

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• Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Moving, Patriotic

  Remarks to state chairs of National White House Conference on Small Business, 15 Aug. 1986

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• Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  4th Of July, Patriotic, Slave Labor

  Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

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• True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail.

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Jail, Chained

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Success, Peace, Determination

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• Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

  Robert Kennedy

  Men, Hands, Law

  Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy”

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• True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Jobs, People, Independence

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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  You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Wise, Peace

  Gandhi, Mahatma “Inspiring Thoughts”, Rajpal & Sons

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  If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Patriotic, Vaccines, Jail

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• In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As a result, we have become little more than well-fed, well-entertained slaves to the state. Freedom, as envisioned by our forefathers, is gone.

  Chuck Baldwin

  Government, Desire, Liberty

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• I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Mar 01, 2017

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  If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

  James Madison

  Inspirational, Fear, War

  "The Last Enemy" by Rebecca Sato, www.pbs.org. November 11, 2010.

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• I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Inspirational, Responsibility, Tolerance

  "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein, (Ch. 6), 1966.

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• We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Expression, Essentials, Looks

  Annual Message to Congress, 6 Jan. 1941 See Roosevelt and Churchill 3

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• Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

  Bob Marley

  Encouraging, Memorial Day, Military

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Sacrifice, Liberty, Civil Liberties

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• You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

  Malcolm X

  Peace, Inspiration, 4th Of July

  Speech in New York City, January 7, 1965.

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• Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Liberty, Slavery, Opinion

  Lawana Blackwell (2008). “Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, The”, p.262, Bethany House

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• If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Success, Thinking, Being Different

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• Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

  Jim Morrison

  Inspirational, Positive, Fear

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• At times some people use force or fraud to take from others without willful, voluntary consent. Normally, the initiation of force to take life is murder, to take liberty is slavery, and to take property is theft. It is the same whether these actions are done by one person acting alone, by the many acting against a few, or even by officials with fine hats and titles.

  Ken Schoolland

  People, Liberty, Acting

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• The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Love, Inspirational, Leadership

  'Political Essays' (1819) '"The Times" Newspaper'

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• This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, 4th Of July, Exercise

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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