#freedom

If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them." [Freedom of the Park, Tribune, 7 December 1945] ↗

— George Orwell

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He who frees a bird from its cage is surely a holy person! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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My destiny plays with me in such a way I feel I play with my destiny. ↗

— Vivake Pathak

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Bird leaves the land to enjoy the freedom; man leaves his thoughts to enjoy the silence. Meditation is man’s flying to the land of silence. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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It makes a difference, doesn’t it, whether we fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?’ ‘Fences are fences, especially when they are in the same place. ↗

— A Room With a View

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So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC. ↗

— Julian Assange

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One must acknowledge with cryptography no amount of violence will ever solve a math problem. ↗

— Jacob Appelbaum

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The degree of Spiritual growth is directly proportionate to the degree of personal freedom; your very own individuality." www.booksonspirituality.com ↗

— Gian Kumar

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I’m a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. ↗

— Gandhi

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Nothing in this world feels quite like freedom, except for freedom. And nothing in the world tastes quite like freedom, except for fried bald eagles. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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