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Freedom Quotes by Bertrand Russell
- I don't like the spirit of socialism - I think freedom is the basis of everything.
- Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
- Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
- We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.
- Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
- Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to…
- The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for…
- Freedom in education has many aspects. There is first of all freedom to learn or not to learn. Then there is freedom as to what…
- The luxury to disparage freedom is the privilege of those who already possess it.
- A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision…
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
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- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
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