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title: "11 Freedom Person Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the essential principles of our government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/freedom-of-the-person-under-the-protection-of-habeas-corpus-i-deem/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/in-short-is-not-liberty-the-freedom-of-every-person-to-make-full-use/)

[Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/)

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> [Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-sampson/self-reliance-is-the-only-road-to-true-freedom-and-being-one-s-own/)

[Patricia Sampson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-sampson/)

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> [At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-de-gaulle/at-the-root-of-our-civilization-there-is-the-freedom-of-each-person/)

[Charles de Gaulle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-de-gaulle/)

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> [The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/the-attainment-of-freedom-whether-for-a-person-a-nation-or-a-world/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [A Negro who does not vote is ungrateful to those who have already died in the fight for freedom. ... Any person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-baker-motley/a-negro-who-does-not-vote-is-ungrateful-to-those-who-have-already/)

[Constance Baker Motley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-baker-motley/)

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> [“Freedom and crime are so indissolubly connected to each other, like... well, like the movement of the aero and its velocity. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yevgeny-zamyatin/freedom-and-crime-are-so-indissolubly-connected-to-each-other-like/)

[Yevgeny Zamyatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yevgeny-zamyatin/)

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> [The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-buscaglia/the-person-who-risks-nothing-does-nothing-has-nothing-is-nothing-and/)

[Leo Buscaglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-buscaglia/)

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> [Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/freedom-of-mind-is-the-real-freedom-a-person-whose-mind-is-not-free/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [If what you seek is freedom, the only person who can teach you anything, the only person who can help you is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-what-you-seek-is-freedom-the-only-person-who-can-teach-you/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“Freedom is not enough. You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him; bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/freedom-is-not-enough-you-do-not-take-a-person-who-for-years-has-been/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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