#free

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#commands #free #indeed #our #poor

You know, I've certainly gone through periods, once I got into this business, where I tried to adopt maybe a more sophisticated style, 'cause they give you all these free clothes. ↗

— Edward Burns

#business #cause #certainly #clothes #free

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#down #frees #imprisoned #like #shelf

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#commitment #eight #established #freedom #generations

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#american men #been #before #bulwark #communities

Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all. ↗

— Dean Cain

#decision #decisions #every #free #free will

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree. ↗

— Thomas Campbell

#freedom #patriot #seed #tree

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem. ↗

— Jane Campion

#different #film-makers #films #freedom #gives

I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture. ↗

— Robert Capa

#being #better #choose #correspondent #coward