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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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• Only the educated are free.

  Epictetus

  Life, Education, Teacher

  Epictetus (2012). “Discourses (Books 1 and 2)”, p.65, Courier Corporation

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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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• Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

  Ignazio Silone

  Religious, Fear, Mistake

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• We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail.

  George W. Bush

  Failing, Tire

  "US announces formal peace talks over Afghanistan with Taliban". "The World Today" with Will Ockenden, www.abc.net.au. June 19, 2013.

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• Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being.

  Pope John Paul II

  Justice, Expectations, Being Free

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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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• 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.

  Boris Yeltsin

  Yoga, Air, Appreciate

  "The 100 Greatest Heroes" by Harry Paul Jeffers, (p. 60), 2003.

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• Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.

  Pope John Paul II

  Hands, Trying, Together

  Pope John Paul II (1998). “Faith and Reason: Encyclical Letter Fides Et Ratio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Relationship Between Faith and Reason”

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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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• Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life.

  Jimmy Carter

  Peace, Opportunity, Productive Life

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• True obedience is true freedom.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, Obedience, True Freedom

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• The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.

  John F. Kennedy

  Powerful, Independent, Men

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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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• Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don't regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression.

  Gerard K. O'Neill

  Respect, Rights, Expression

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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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• A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.

  Euripides

  Liberty, Speak, Slave

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• Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

  Milton Friedman

  Liberty, Libertarian, Belief

  Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman (2002). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.15, University of Chicago Press

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• The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Liberty, Libertarian

  Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.380, Penguin

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• To be patriotic is to be able to question government policy in times of crisis. To be patriotic is to stand up for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution in times of uncertainty and insecurity. To be patriotic is to speak up against the powerful in defense of the weak and the voiceless. To be patriotic is to be willing to pay the price to preserve our freedoms, dignity, and rights. To be patriotic is to challenge the abuses of the PATRIOT Act.

  Sami Al-Arian

  Powerful, Patriotic, Pay The Price

  "Dr. Sami Al-Arian vs Big Brother's 'Ministry of Justice'" by Eileen Fleming, bigthink.com. 2017.

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  For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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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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• Freedom is from within.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  4th Of July, Thrive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

  Malcolm X

  Vocabulary, Hajj, Ready

  Chicago Defender, November 28, 1962.

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• The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion, freedom from imprisonment without trial-that all these freedoms can be preserved in the absence of what is called economic freedom. They do not realize that, in a system where there is no market, where the government directs everything, all those other freedoms are illusory, even if they are made into laws and written up in constitutions.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Ideas, Government, Law

  Ludwig Von Mises (2006). “Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow”, p.18, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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