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Quotes about freedom
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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. (Sheehan Cindy)
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. (Sheehan Cindy)
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. (Sheehan Cindy)
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. (Sheehan Cindy)
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Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. (Sheehan Cindy)
When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions. (Sheehan Cindy)
Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison. (Sheehan Cindy)
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. (Sheehan Cindy)
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. (Sheehan Cindy)
Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of this standard demands of everyone who loves this country a hard look at himself, for the greatest achievements must begin somewhere, and they always begin with the person. If we are not capable of this examination, we may yet become one of the most distinguished and monumental failures in the history of nations. (Sheehan Cindy)
Freedom all solace to man gives: He lives at ease that freely lives. (Sheehan Cindy)
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. (Sheehan Cindy)
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. (Sheehan Cindy)
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. (Sheehan Cindy)
True obedience is true freedom. (Sheehan Cindy)
There are always risks in freedom. The only risk in bondage is breaking free. (Sheehan Cindy)
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. (Sheehan Cindy)
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free. (Sheehan Cindy)
It is our belief that if people are set free to express themselves to the fullest, their accomplishments will be far beyond their dreams, and they will not only contribute to the growth of the company, but will also be more useful citizens and contribute to the society at large. (Sheehan Cindy)
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought. (Sheehan Cindy)
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society. (Sheehan Cindy)
The cause of freedom is the cause of God. (Sheehan Cindy)
It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven. (Sheehan Cindy)
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one -- but there is a price. (Sheehan Cindy)
So free we seem, so fettered we are! (Sheehan Cindy)
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