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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me…
— Hannah Arendt
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly…
— Hannah Arendt
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style,…
— Pietro Aretino
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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it…
— Pietro Aretino
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The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The law is reason, free from passion.
— Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they…
— Aristotle
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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
— Richard Bach
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That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with…
— Timothy Garton Ash
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WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.
— Julian Assange
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They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You…
— Chinua Achebe
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
— Saint Augustine
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If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.
— Richard Bach
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You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
— Richard Bach
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There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this…
— Michelle Bachelet
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A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean,…
— Michele Bachmann
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
— Lord Acton
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I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just…
— Erykah Badu
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It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine after a day…
— Russell Baker
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I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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