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I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. ↗

— Arthur Keith

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In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their legal systems they developed the doctrine that liberty is the fundamental basis of law. ↗

— Aly Khan

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I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

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During half a century of literary work, I have endeavoured to introduce the philosophy of evolution into the sphere of literature, and to inspire my readers to think in evolutionary terms. ↗

— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

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I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. ↗

— Joan Jett

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You want to have butterflies in your stomach, because if you don't, if you walk out onstage complacent, that's not a good thing. ↗

— Joan Jett

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While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation. ↗

— Richard Jewell

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Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has. ↗

— Norman Jewison

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The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

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