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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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  The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day

  Letter to William Stephens Smith, 13 Nov. 1787

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

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  4th Of July, Direct Action, Jail

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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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 cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Memorial Day, 4th Of July

  Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation, delivered 22 October 1962

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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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• People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Thinking, People, Intelligence

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• Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

  Abraham Lincoln

  Want, Ought

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  I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.

  Emiliano Zapata

  Life, Positive, Death

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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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• We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

  William Faulkner

  4th Of July, Patriotic, Healing

  William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.151, Modern Library

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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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• You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

  Aldous Huxley

  Funny, Bible, Jesus

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• Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

  Toni Morrison

  Self, Beloved, Ownership

  FaceBook post by Toni Morrison from Aug 29, 2011

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• Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Inspirational, Leadership, Being Happy

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.55, Beacon Press

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• The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

  Albert Camus

  Badass, Bad Ass, Interesting

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• The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

  John F. Kennedy

  Men, Rights, Liberty

  1963 On sending national guardsmen to ensure peaceful integration at the University of Alabama. Address to the nation, 11 Jun.

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• The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

  James A. Garfield

  Teacher, Encouragement, Strong Women

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• 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.

  Jim Morrison

  Giving Up, Hippie, Reality

  "Take Off The Mask" by Siobhan Kukolic, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 4, 2016.

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

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wisdom, Powerful, War

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.3

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  You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

  Clarence Darrow

  Peace, Life And Love, Men

  Clarence Darrow (2012). “Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom”, p.140, University of Chicago Press

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• The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

  Lord Acton

  Country, Equality, Diversity

  John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.30, Jazzybee Verlag

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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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  Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Song

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• Don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with.

  Gerard K. O'Neill

  Respect, Peace, War

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