#freed

I had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... Now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important. ↗

— Nina Simone

#because #classical #classical music #dedicated #excellence

The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anonymity #beyond #brought #deception #each

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#anyone #believe #department #expected #freedom

Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#lincoln #man #nobody #single #slave

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#clearly #commonly #diminution #see #tax

You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you don't have any freedom left, or you're going to build a world that doesn't create terrorists - and that means a whole different way of "getting along." ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#any #build #create #different #different way

I would rather die in freedom on my way back home than starve to death here. ↗

— Morning Star

#death #die #freedom #here #home

School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#different #explore #freedom #gives #philosophies

Freedom rings where opinions clash. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#clash #opinions #rings #where

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate. ↗