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Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. — Henry Adams
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to… — Edward Abbey
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger… — John Adams
A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I… — Drew Barrymore
I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. — John Barrymore
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. — John Adams
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little… — Bruce Barton
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. — Georges Bataille
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil… — Samuel Adams
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority… — Samuel Adams
Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. — Scott Adams
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. — Pierre Beaumarchais
People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always… — Glenn Beck
The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less. — Brendan Behan
Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. — Saul Bellow
We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a… — Robert Benchley
Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability. — Hans Bender
I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control. — Alan Bennett
If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I still hung on to an… — Wendell Berry
We acknowledge but one motive - to follow the truth as we know it, whithersoever it may lead us; but in our heart of hearts… — Mortimer Adler
I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches… — Annie Besant
This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it. — Ugo Betti
If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order. — Vinoba Bhave
Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that… — Joe Biden
The Free State men, myself among them, took it for granted that Missouri was a slave state. — Buffalo Bill

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