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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#down #fit #fool #free #freedom

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#conquers #demolish #does #error #expect

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#act #always #arranges #evil #free

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base. ↗

— Macklemore

#baseball #freshman #freshman year #high #high school

I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#flaws #frailties #i #imperfections #locked

It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#costs #due #entrepreneurial #eu #freedom

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us. ↗

— Macklemore

#because #crumbling #front #labels #major

Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed. ↗

— Patrick Macnee

#i #killed #know #saw #second

If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time. ↗

— Elle Macpherson

#between #choice #every #every time #friends

Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#cry #every #free #human #human spirit