#free society

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin. ↗

— Rand Paul

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I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card. ↗

— Ron Paul

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The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. ↗

— Ron Paul

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I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

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The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them. ↗

— John McCain

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As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices. ↗

— Michael Moore

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