"If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants."
Cass Sunstein
"But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it."
Claudia Gray
"The right of dissent, or, if you prefer, the right to be wrong, is surely fundamental to the existence of a democratic society. That’s the right that went first in every nation that stumbled down the trail toward totalitarianism."
Edward R. Murrow
"This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America."
Paul Robeson
"And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom."
Anonymous
"The man who can keep order can rule the world, but the man who can bear disorder is truly free."
Gillian Cross
"London is a roost for every bird."
Benjamin Disraeli
"I am a lover of truth, a worshiper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance."
Stephen Fry
"Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence."
Mike Barnicle
"I keep hearing about a spiritual awakening, but I feel what we need instead, is a human one. It would be wonderful and empowering to become free from the disillusionment and nonsense being sold to us from gurus for centuries."
Anonymous
"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."
Malcolm X
"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty."
Anonymous
"Terror, married to technology and accommodated by progress in travel, has turned evil individuals into traveling ballistic missiles."
Greg Gutfeld
"That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not."
Kathryn Stockett
"For a long time, censors have been cutting my works. This makes me so sad, because many times they will tell me, 'Television won't like, so we have to cut, cut, cut!'."
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