#freedom

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power. ↗

— Gerry Spence

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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom. ↗

— Willie Stargell

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In The Police, in a trio situation - which I've come back to now - it's just so wide open that it does actually provide this arena where you can play with a certain freedom. ↗

— Andy Summers

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We gain freedom when we have paid the full price. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of God was also freedom from all important worldly interests, from all art and science, etc. ↗

— Bruno Bauer

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Freedom without limits is just a word. ↗

— Terry Prachett

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The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline. ↗

— Matthew Kelly

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