I came from a Sorkin-like project in the sense that there was no freedom to change a line, which, in a weird… — Lauren Graham Copy Share Image
“The more I read, the more I felt connected across time to other lives and deeper sympathies. I felt less isolated. I… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
This 1965. We went to trial on our city. We were obviously borrowing tactics and strategy from the Black freedom movement, and… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
“Such bureaucrats can neither be hurried in their deliberations nor made to see common sense. Indeed, the very absurdity or pedantry of… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and women must accept the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Cooperation called fraternity in the classic French formula is as much a part of the democratic ideal as is personal initiative. That… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I think there's great potential for autonomy, but we have to remember that we live in a world where people may have… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Unless your freedom turns into a creative realization, you will feel sad. Because you will see that you are free-your chains are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
After a while, you just don't do things you don't wanna do - that's the great freedom you get, the older you… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
“You're back where you swore yourself you wouldn't be The familiar shackles you can't tell from your own skin Your head's under… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“Becoming aware of our inner man and woman means to discover the roots and creative potential of both the male and female… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
I was curious and hungry at a young age, and jazz was such a mystery to me, an ocean where you can… — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
“Why couldn't I accept what was happening without trying to explain it, without bringing up ideas of order and disorder, of freedom,… — Julio Cortázar Copy Share Image
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The ‘republican’ variant is that freedom must mean non-domination. Stemming from Aristotle, republican freedom requires freedom from potential domination as well as… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“. . .for the designated successor to royal authority, the Sovereign People, was no more capable than Louis XVI of reconciling freedom with power.” — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Sometimes with films you have a freedom to be able to, Okay, we got that take so let's try another one where… — Sebastian Stan Copy Share Image
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“God is glorified in the work of redemption in this, that there appears in it so absolute and universal a dependence of… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free.… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“Freedom is not the ability to act without any constraints whatsoever. Given the constraints under which all human beings operate, freedom is… — Paul A. Cantor Copy Share Image
I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond… — Polly Allen Mellen Copy Share Image
Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I grew up in Chicago on the South Side, and had a ton of freedom, just did whatever I wanted, whenever I… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The French Revolution gave us three... powerful ideas, or concepts - liberty, equality and fraternity. But these ideas... are not only right… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
Historically the great movements for human liberation have always been movements to change institutions and not to preserve them intact. It follows… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“You're asking yourself if you will ever get over it. - I don't believe we ever do. Getting over something implies you… — Alfa H Copy Share Image
Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
On the one hand we want to preserve the integrity of the judicial branch, and we want to talk about judicial independence,… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
“I've said it before, history repeats itself for those who don't learn from the past. Can we please learn from all this?… — L.M. Fields Copy Share Image
We had nothing to lose, Nothing to gain, Nothing we desired anymore, Except to make our lives into a work of art.… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
“Oh! messages came left and right sweetheart,from my enemy devel that "I can't be nothing no matter what I'm trying to do"… — Nozipho N.Maphumulo Copy Share Image
“Pride puffs one up with a false sense of independence. Proud people always feel that they can live independently from God and… — Rosaria Butterfield Copy Share Image
“One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Before God, I believe the hour has come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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