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No tribe unites with another of its own free will. — Arthur Keith
It's true that there's no such thing as free will. We can't help what we are or what we do. It's not our fault. Nobody's… — Ayn Rand
I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will. — Jeffrey Eugenides
In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free.… — Abraham Lincoln
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty… — Abraham Lincoln
Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope. — Abraham Lincoln
I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the… — Abraham Lincoln
The prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then labors… — Abraham Lincoln
Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. — Thomas Jefferson
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned… — James Madison
It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than… — Calvin Coolidge
The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these… — Thomas Jefferson
True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like. ... But on… — Douglas Adams
The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy. — George Washington
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to… — Bertrand Russell
The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion it will cease to be free for religion - except for the sect that… — Robert H. Jackson
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America… — Calvin Coolidge
We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs.… — Ronald Reagan
Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war...… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy of a doubting soul suddenly… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Let's face a historical truth: we have never had a "free market", we have always had government intervention in the economy, and indeed that intervention… — Howard Zinn
There is as much difference between a collection of mentally free citizens and a community molded by modern methods of propaganda as there is between… — Bertrand Russell
Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know the truth, and… — Wernher von Braun

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