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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#down #fit #fool #free #freedom

It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now. ↗

— Cameron Mackintosh

#costs #due #entrepreneurial #eu #freedom

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ↗

— James Madison

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I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. ↗

— Malcolm X

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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion. ↗

— Malcolm X

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#anywhere #before #death #desires #easy

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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