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- Every man is condemned to freedom.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980), Being and Nothingness (1943)
- We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow (1908 - 1965)
- There's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But she's also bored of everybody telling her how lucky she is, what with all that sleep and all that freedom and spare time, the ability to go on dates or head off to Paris at a moments notice. It sounds like they're consoling her, and she resents this and feels patronized by it.
- David Nicholls, One Day, 2010
- Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people, by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.
- James Madison (1751 - 1836), Speech in the Virginia Convention, June 6, 1788
- The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty, 1859
- It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these value, we do so at our peril.
- J. William Fulbright (1905 - ), Remarks in the Senate, June 29, 1961
- He only earns his freedom and existence who daily conquers them anew.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.
- Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938), Address to the jury, trial of Communists, Chicago, Illinois, 1920
- Once freedom lights is beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
- George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
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