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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' ↗

— Paul Ryan

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People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. ↗

— Sonia Rykiel

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I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it.' ↗

— Steve Sabol

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Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

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Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#hate #idea #like #men #ought

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

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I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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