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    England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes
    as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this
    youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of
    Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of
    Switzerland.
    - Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,

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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is read more

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

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A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

by Adlai Stevenson Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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The world's 'freeest'
country has the highest
number in prison.

The world's 'freeest'
country has the highest
number in prison.

by Arundhati Roy Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

by Thomas Huxley Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
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I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

by John Dryden Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

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Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
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Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence;
The last result of wisdom stamps it true;
He only earns his freedom and existence
Who daily conquers them anew.

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We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, read more

We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.

by Ed Howe Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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Men freely believe that which they desire.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

by Julius Caesar Found in: Freedom Quotes,
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