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There are two good things in life -- freedom of thought and freedom of action.


W. Somerset Maugham

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There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no fr...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no ...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no f...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom ...
FRANK MURPHY آیا مضحک تر از این مردم یافت می شود، که هیچ وقت از آزادی ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
JOHN MILTON America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom...
BENAZIR BHUTTO The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.
JOHN STEINBECK You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be...
SCOTT HOWARD PHILLIPS Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them hav...
JOSEPH STALIN Dare to think for yourself.
VOLTAIRE من أوجب الواجبات على الدولة أن تترك العلماء أحراراً في ...
علي مصطفى مشرفة We are resolved to protect individual freedom of belief. This freedom must include the child as well...
SOPHIA LYON FAHS We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without ...
JOHN DEWEY A Rule: Life without Islam is a naked tree,
Birds without trees can never feel free.
LEENA AHMAD ALMASHAT Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
LESLIE JONES There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the free...
ANAIS NIN There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the free...
ANAIS NIN متهمون نحن بالإرهاب
أذا كتبنا عن بقايا وطن ...
مخلع...
نزار قباني Of all the religions in the world, perhaps the religion of liberty is the only faith capable of puri...
TIFFANY MADISON Lose your freedom, and become a slave by borrowing.
AULIQ ICE Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.
ANTHONY BURGESS The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by ...
JOSEPH HELLER The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the indepen...
JAMES BALDWIN I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and sil...
JAMES MADISON One of the curious aspects of the Twenty-First Century was the great delusion amongst many people, p...
JARETT KOBEK Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be fak...
EMILY WEISS Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of ...
ALBERT CAMUS I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.
JIMMY WALES Two things spice up life: Freedom and Means, these two are hard to spot together hence life's challe...
JOSEPH ANNANG SOWAH People's abuse through journalism should not be taken us freedom of press.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE أعددت قائمة سوداء بكل من تعامل مع هذا النظام خلال 18 يوم�...
IHAB OMAR In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.
TIBERIUS Ultimately, I think the #1 thing that draws me to someone is their sense of freedom. Freedom and con...
EMILY WEISS Modern life means democracy, democracy means freeing intelligence for independent effectivenessthe e...
JOHN DEWEY Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.
DANIEL DELGADO F Never say yes to anything you can't say no to.
MARTY RUBIN If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTON I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to impr...
MILAN KUNDERA To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one anothe...
GEORGE ORWELL It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of ...
CHRIS HEDGES No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my ...
TIFFANY MADISON We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation.
EHUD BARAK There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days ...
MARGARET ATWOOD Hypocrites get offended by the truth.
JESS C. SCOTT Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. I didn't falter and together we matched, step for step. Each swing of the sword was blocked, each st...
FREEDOM MATTHEWS Sharing is bliss
FREEDOM GOODBIRD Put it away or use it."
I chuckled at Butch's threat. Flipping the sword in the air, I caught i...
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liber...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Without Freedom of thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Libert...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Freedom is my religion. Peace is my God. Love is my worship.
BANANI RAY Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- th...
IAIN PEARS Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
VOLTAIRE freedom of thought and expression.
LEE BOLLINGER Disagreement is freedom in action.
JEFFREY BENJAMIN I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religio...
ORIANA FALLACI True modernism is freedom of mind, not slavery of taste. It is independence of thought and action, n...
RABINDRANATH TAGORE Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights ...
NAZANIN BONIADI Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Artists, by their free expressions, encourage others to be free. This is the quality that makes work...
MARTY RUBIN The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.
WENDELL BERRY Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
ALBERT EINSTEIN It is not possible for others to keep us prisoners if we want to be free
MIMI NOVIC I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American be...
GEORGE CARLIN Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but ...
RAY BRADBURY [Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor.

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JOHN F. KENNEDY There is nothing more powerful and nothing more dangerously beautiful than a free mind.
BRYANT MCGILL They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual r...
GEORGE ORWELL It’s disappointing that such bullying tactics are used against us for carrying out our job. MaltaT...
MALTATODAY Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in c...
B.R. AMBEDKAR The whole of nature is worship of God. Wherever there is life, there is the search for freedom--and ...
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, a...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is again...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Abdul Basit and the Hurriyat did not thank their freedom of speech in India when they could spend th...
APURVA GAGLANI I don't feel when I'm writing that I'm drawing from any other writer, but of course I mu...
CHARLES MCCARRY It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been ...
ERNEST ISTOOK I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
S.G. TALLENTYRE People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
People demand freedom of speech as compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
SOREN AABYE KIERKEGAARD There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness...
PEYTON C. MARCH Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom...
MITT ROMNEY People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have. For example, the freedom of thought. Instead t...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Freedom is an expensive gift always worth fighting for. Even if it costs us!
MARCK E. ESTEMIL Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
BEN CARSON I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
SALLY KIRKLAND To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress ...
AUNG SAN SUU KYI What is the difference between freedom and hedonism? Between freedom and insanity?
KAREN ESSEX People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use...
KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is er...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're ...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty o...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the ...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is er...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who has lost it.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man w...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Life isn't long enough for love and art.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When things are at their worst I find something always happens.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, pe...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to th...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefo...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Life wouldn't be worth living if I worried over the future as well as the present.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesth...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know the...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for noth...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM We didn't think much in the air corps of a fellow who wangled a cushy job out of his C.O. by butteri...
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