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History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

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My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

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For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. ↗

— Olof Palme

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Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. ↗

— Alexander Meiklejohn

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The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

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