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Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors
Liberty is one of imagination's most precious possessions
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost
Freedom in a democracy is the glory of the state, and, therefore, in a democracy only will the freeman of nature deign to dwell
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires
Liberation is not deliverance
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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