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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Freedom

"My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
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"The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society."

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor
Freedom

"Law and freedom must be indivisible partners. For without law, there can be no freedom, only choas and disorder; and without freedom, law is but a cynical veneer for injustice and oppression."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Freedom

"We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Freedom

"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any"

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.’"Mahatma Gandhi"

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Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist
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"Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity."

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
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"I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come."

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Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author
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"If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer."

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Lindsey Graham Politician
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"As to freedom, it is cherished, it is hard to come by, it is hard to hang on to. But freedom without responsibility is chaos, so to those who push the idea that freedom would allow an individual to do anything, anywhere, at any time, I reject, your freedom ends where my ability to raise my family safely begins. So I would urge every American to vaccinate their children and I would reject any effort to stop vaccinations until someone can show me a scientific reason to do so."

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