#freedom

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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This “freedom” put a proud people in chains And turned free men into slaves “Independence” made us weak And slaughtered us In the name of kindness This is democracy by the whip And the fear of chains With a whirlwind at its core ↗

— Abdul Salam Zaeef

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In the long years to come, not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we've done, and they will say 'do not despair, do not yield...march straightforward. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#perseverance #freedom

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#politics #society #freedom

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the very extreme of toleration, than to do aught that could be construed into an interference with, or to jeopardize in any degree, the common rights of its citizens. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Believe me,' [...] 'I would know about it. That's the difference between me and your girlfriend. I am the jealous type. I am the Spanish Inquisition when it comes to being fucked around on. No quarter will be given. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#girlfriend #jealousy #freedom

We've focused so long on ideals of freedom that it is this very belief that oppresses us. We all want to be free, yet we find ways to forfeit liberty to our own impulses, to our own consumption. ↗

— As I Lay Dying

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The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement. ↗

— Anna Lindh

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La libertad se ejerce ↗

— Manuel Rodriguez Diaz

#inspitational #freedom

We were kind of caught up in the genre trap. We didn't really have a lot of artistic freedom. They wanted us to go into a certain direction, so they could promote us easier. ↗

— Mark McGrath

#caught #certain #could #direction #easier