We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

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We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
WILLIAM FAULKNER

Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot ...
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection ...
TARJA HALONEN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON And when I saw you kissing that girl
My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered
And ...
KATE NASH

We do not choose to be born...We do not--most of us, choose to die, or the times or conditions of ou...
JOSEPH EPSTEIN Sometimes, when we cannot attain the freedom we are fighting for, we free ourselves b carving a new ...
CHRISTINA WESTOVER

Why wilderness? Because we like the taste of freedom; because we like the smell of danger.
EDWARD ABBEY

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this en...
LEO BUSCAGLIA

We must be free, but to have real freedom, you must be wild and free yourself.
BRYANT MCGILL

It's not about freedom of speech because we retain free speech. It's about ending corrupt politics.
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS

I'm very hopeful that I'm not the only one who's willing to pick up the baton of freedom...
BEN CARSON

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Our very freedom is secure because we're a nation governed by laws, not by men. We cannot as citizen...
RONALS REAGAN I'm very keen on having true freedom of expression. True freedom of faith. And free practice of ...
MOHAMMED MORSI Freedom of expression cannot be the freedom to lie. The prophet did not found a terrorist religion, ...
DALIL BOUBAKEUR

We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.
LAUREN OLIVER

That the caste system must be abolished if the Hindu society is to be reconstructed on the basis of ...
B. R. AMBEDKAR

We are a nation built on principles of freedom, and high on the list of freedoms is freedom of relig...
ALEXANDER ACOSTA We have no idea who is doing this, but we cannot tolerate this kind of behavior. Certainly, we suppo...
LIZ IRWIN

Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.
JOHN STEINBECK

The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to w...
MAHATMA GANDHI

We are resolved to protect individual freedom of belief. This freedom must include the child as well...
SOPHIA LYON FAHS

Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail ...
ERIC HOFFER

آیا مضحک تر از این مردم یافت می شود، که هیچ وقت از آزادی ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD

It must be freely admitted that there is a sort of circle here from which it seems impossible to esc...
IMMANUEL KANT 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

The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to w...
GANDHI The new (teacher) contract will call for a little more freedom for this type of work, and we will ha...
CATHERINE RICHARD

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we s...
THICH NHAT HANH

The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of...
STOCKWELL DAY If we cannot agree, then at least we ought to move on.
BEN NELSON Tensions exist in any free society. But the freedom we enjoy rests on a foundation of individual lib...
TIPPER GORE People's abuse through journalism should not be taken us freedom of press.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison.
L.M. MONTGOMERY We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Fighting for free enterprise means standing up for free markets. The freedom to succeed includes the...
MIKE PENCE And because God's love is uncoercive and treasures our freedom - if above all he wants us to love hi...
FREDERICK BUECHNER We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.
ROSARIO CASTELLANOS Freedom of religion is not enough; we need the extinction of it, because no one has turned to be a r...
M.F. MOONZAJER We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
H. L. MENCKEN The price of freedom is responsibility, but it's a bargain, because freedom is priceless.
HUGH DOWNS We cannot wish for that we know not.
VOLTAIRE We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all: Freedom. The freedom to express our art. Our lo...
DIANE FROLOV AND ANDREW SCHNEIDER In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of consci...
MARK TWAIN We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always be...
DENIS NAPTHINE When I launched the development of the GNU system, I explicitly said the purpose of developing this ...
RICHARD STALLMAN Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression
DICK FEAGLER We must learn to think again. America floats on a sea of misguided philosophies, all competing for e...
KARLA PERRY Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and lon...
INDRA DEVI We can't stop the Declaration from being signed, but we can put a spin on it. We can say George III ...
JOHNNIE WALKER When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we a...
NATAN SHARANSKY It is just an illusion of freedom. We are, perhaps, as free as a railway carriage.
VENUGOPAL GUPTA If a religious community is not registered with the authorities, that is no reason to restrict it. W...
ARBOL ARGYNOV The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we o...
MICHAEL BADNARIK 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 Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.
JOHN MILTON Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea...
PHILIP T.M He should be lucky we have freedom of speech in Canada because if we were in a country that didn't, ...
EZRA LEVANT Lose your freedom, and become a slave by borrowing.
AULIQ ICE In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give and...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free,--honorable alike in what we give and ...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free, - honorable alike in what we give and...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN His headstone said "Free at last, Free at last" - But death is a slave's freedom - We seek the freed...
NIKKI GIOVANNI We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values o...
MAHMOUD ABBAS The very success of the internet itself is due to its openness, equality of opportunity and innovati...
ARZAK KHAN We must escape this monotony, this slavery of our minds, We have not achieved complete freedom yet.
KATE MILLER Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cann...
ROBERT MAYNARD HUTCHINS It is by the goodness of God that we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech...
MARK TWAIN Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is th...
ERIC HOFFER Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.
DANIEL DELGADO F The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has cham...
DAVID F. FORD Of all the religions in the world, perhaps the religion of liberty is the only faith capable of puri...
TIFFANY MADISON If we catch a glimpse of freedom, we wish to possess it; if we catch a glimpse of death, we want not...
JEREMY P. JOHNSON We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mount...
PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
TERTULLIAN We naturally associate democracy, to be sure, with freedom of action, but freedom of action without ...
JOHN DEWEY The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...
BELL HOOKS We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal ...
JESSE VENTURA The terrorists are fighting freedom with all their cunning and cruelty because freedom is their grea...
GEORGE W. BUSH The American courts ruled that money is speech and speech can't be limited in politics because of fr...
LISA YOUNG We will be running behind. We respect that this country was built on this idea of freedom of speech.
JANET KISTER Many of the best parts of America's history would have been impossible without police. All the f...
WILLIAM BRATTON The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion...
BILLY GRAHAM Artists often become vocal advocates of freedom of expression because we depend on it so heavily in ...
NAZANIN BONIADI If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower.
ADOLF HITLER The same liberties that ensure a free society make the innocent vulnerable to those who prevent righ...
HARRIET E. MIERS 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...
FREEDOM MATTHEWS متهمون نحن بالإرهاب
أذا كتبنا عن بقايا وطن ...
مخلع...
نزار قباني Free. We are not free from bad experiences or mean people, but we are free on how to respond to thos...
JOHN B. BEJO If we love freedom, we must protect democratic Taiwan,
DICK ARMEY We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.
JOHN GRIERSON Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only...
HA-JOON CHANG Doing what we please is not freedom is not liberty; rather it is the abuse of true liberty and freed...
CARDINAL HAYES Reducing net E.U. migration need not mean undermining the principle of free movement. When it was fi...
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WILLIAM FAULKNER She was bored. She loved, had capacity to love, for love, to give and accept love. Only she tried tw...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Perhaps they were right putting love into books. Perhaps it could not live anywhere else.
WILLIAM FAULKNER ...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his o...
WILLIAM FAULKNER If happy I can be I will, if suffer I must I can.
WILLIAM FAULKNER And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or wom...
WILLIAM FAULKNER Did you ever have a sister? did you?
WILLIAM FAULKNER Caddy smelled like trees.
WILLIAM FAULKNER a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got...
WILLIAM FAULKNER In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are ...
WILLIAM FAULKNER They're shining examples of being active in the community and active for small-forest landowners. Th...
BOB FAULKNER We were focused against Shelton. We obviously came ready to play. I thought the key to the game was ...
BOB FAULKNER Against Mercy we played with no intensity. It was not a good effort. We appeared sluggish, but Mercy...
BOB FAULKNER We want to improve every match; to learn from every match, to be consistent and the number one goal ...
BOB FAULKNER One of the things that made Epic strong when I wrote the original code was that it never occurred to...
JUDITH FAULKNER When the sky is clear, there will be eight Reindeer But when you can't see the sky, then Rudolph wil...
IRENE FAULKNER Clients now can store all types of files as attachments to their email and use our web-based email p...
CHRISTOPHER FAULKNER I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, no...
JUDITH FAULKNER All I knew is that I had to stay with her (Hall). She's taller than me but I felt I kept up with her...
ANNESIA FAULKNER The Simon-Williamson clinic is our priority today. The next step is preparing to accept the business...
CHARLIE FAULKNER I take my hat off to Erickson. He's a polished high school pitcher who has command of three pitches ...
CRAIG FAULKNER It's great to see Anderson really step up. He throws strikes and is sneaky fast and hits his spots.
CRAIG FAULKNER We played the way Venice High is supposed to play. Even if we would have lost tonight, I still would...
CRAIG FAULKNER Everybody comes to play in the big games and we knew it wasn't going to be easy. They came back and ...
ANNESIA FAULKNER We had struggled with free throws all season long, so the last couple of days in practice that's wha...
ANNESIA FAULKNER I'm really excited because these are my first wins (at state). I kind of expected the 200 IM, but I ...
AMANDA FAULKNER We didn't know it until we got up there (on the medal stand).
AMANDA FAULKNER

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

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We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

William Faulkner

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