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Freedom Quotes and Sayings
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
Freedom lies in being bold.
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. It is up to you to give life a meaning.
Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation. I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.
I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.
You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.
Freedom is never given; it is won.
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.
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.
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
There's no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
Generally I find men are a lot more concerned with limiting the freedoms of women than exercising personal freedom for themselves.
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.
Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?
Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
"There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it."
The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.
I do not wish them [(women) to have power over men; but over themselves.
She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.
Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
To die hating them, that was freedom.
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
The Revolution introduced me to art, and in turn, art introduced me to the Revolution!
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Freely we serve Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not; in this we stand or fall.
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.
Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.
Responsibility is the price of freedom.
I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of human freedom.
No man is good enough to be another's master.
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.
I am writing because they told me to never start a sentence with because. But I wasn't trying to make a sentence - I was trying to break free. Because freedom, I am told, is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey.
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.
We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
Freedom is the recognition of necessity.
Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.
Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
Freedom is from within.
All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Liberty is worth paying for.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
I need this wild life, this freedom.
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.
He who is brave is free.
We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation.
Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
The work of art is a scream of freedom.
The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba - yes Cuba too.
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.
Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.
The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.
You can only be free if I am free.
It has been said, 'the truth will make men free.' The truth alone has never made anyone free. It is only doubt which will bring mental emancipation.
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
Man is not free unless government is limited.
The only thing crueler than a cage so small that a bird can't fly is a cage so large that a bird thinks it can fly.
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.
The advancement of science and the diffusion of information is the best aliment to true liberty.
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
A hungry man is not a free man.
Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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.
I am a lover of truth, a worshiper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
All freedom is relative-you know too well-and sometimes it's no freedom at all, but simply the cage widening far away from you, the bars abstracted with distance but still there, as when they “free” wild animals into nature preserves only to contain them yet again by larger borders. But I took it anyway, that widening. Because sometimes not seeing the bars is enough
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err and even to sin.
The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.
Equality and freedom are not luxuries to lightly cast aside. Without them, order cannot long endure before approaching depths beyond imagining.
The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.
Free men are the strongest men.
Free societies... are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence.
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
Live free or die.
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
Liberation is not deliverance.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
People have only as much liberty as they have the intelligence to want and the courage to take.
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.
The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.
The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
The more liberty you give away the more you will have.
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable - and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.
Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.
I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me - to find out what you're good for. We might both do despicable things, Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were good tools.
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep.
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
For so I created them free and free they must remain.
Human beings crave freedom at their core.
Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.
To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.
I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
You say: I am not free. But I have raised and lowered my arm. Everyone understands that this illogical answer is an irrefutable proof of freedom.
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Liberties aren't given, they are taken.
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. Those who know what virtuous liberty is, cannot bear to see it disgraced by incapable heads, on account of their having high-sounding words in their mouths.
Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower.
Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.
You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't.
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
A man's spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities.
Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.
Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose".
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.
I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word "freedom" should ever be more than an empty political slogan.
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries.
The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.
The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves.
That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
The personality susceptible to the dream of limitless freedom is a personality also prone, should the dream ever sour, to misanthropy and rage.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.
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