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Freedom Quote by Prince

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“When I first started out in this music industry, I was most concerned with freedom. Freedom to produce, freedom to play all the instruments on my records, freedom to say anything I wanted to.”

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Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word, slavery.

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Ownership, that's what you give your kids. That's your legacy.

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If you lend your consciousness to someone else, you're a robot.

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One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning.

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I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps.

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Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they…

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If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great nation that we are.

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Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts.

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“In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived,…

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