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None can love freedom but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license, which never hath more scope than under tyrants.


John Milton

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None can love freedom heartily, but good men... the rest love not freedom, but license.
JOHN MILTON None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
JOHN MILTON None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
JOHN MILTON Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
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E.A. BUCCHIANERI Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.
VERA NAZARIAN Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he...
DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances but on the...
FRIEDRICH A. HAYEK If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of fre...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself -- to laugh with me, but n...
LEO F. BUSCAGLIA To him, freedom was greater than love.
She hated that.
Because she had always thought t...
TESSA SHAFFER Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of
BILL MOYERS Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.
BILL MOYERS The freedom of poetic license.
CICERO Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
GEORGE W. BUSH It is easy to say we love others, but difficult to allow them the freedom inherent in love.
HENRY CLOUD I love the freedom of my wings. I love the empty space above the ground. I rejoice in my freedom. Fr...
BANANI RAY Love ~ Truth ~ Freedom
are three words that mean the same,
and none may exist without th...
ALEXIA PENTELEόN DE ARCTURI That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, ...
THOMAS GIBBONS Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mer...
J. KRISHNAMURTI Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mer...
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI Artists are paid in different currencies. Not just money, but time, freedom, ability to do what we l...
DREW BROPHY Love is a more powerful force than magic. You can trick the mind and even the heart, but never the s...
NIKKI JEFFORD Happiness is nothing but good health and freedom, and money is the single best way you can buy your ...
SCOTT ADAMS Freedom hath a thousand charms to show, That slaves however contented never know
WILLIAM COWPER A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will nev...
ALBERT CAMUS This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself o...
YUVAL NOAH HARARI This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself o...
YUVAL NOAH HARARI Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction
RONALD REAGAN Freedom of love is freedom to say yes to many lovers.
BRIGITTE BOISSELIER Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
VICTOR PINCHUK A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be any...
ALBERT CAMUS A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be any...
ALBERT CAMUS A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be any...
ALBERT CAMUS Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning.
AUDREY NIFFENEGGER We are resolved to protect individual freedom of belief. This freedom must include the child as well...
SOPHIA LYON FAHS Modern tyrants are terror managers. Do not allow your shock to be turned against your freedom.
TIMOTHY D. SNYDER In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost i...
MARGARET THATCHER We know that freedom has a price. Democracy has a price. But maybe we paid a price that is higher th...
WENDY PEARLMAN Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds Won't you help to s...
BOB MARLEY 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 Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.
CARLOS WALLACE We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the Fir...
ALAN DERSHOWITZ ...but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going.
J.R. WARD Sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immedi...
ROGER EBERT She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd kn...
KRISTIN CASHORE Love can be so destructive, but I have never enjoyed anything more; than to see such destruction.
ENRIQUE VEGA Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to s...
ADLAI E. STEVENSON It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men which hinders the Christians of...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.
TRENT LOTT True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do an...
JOHN PAUL II I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I w...
NELSON MANDELA There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if ...
AMIR BUTLER There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them ...
ED KOCH Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
CICERO Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.
JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry
JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORD For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has bee...
ZELL MILLER Because you might just get there and turn around and want to leave again. I'm not going to ping-pong...
BUT APRIL I want to make sure it is out of there for good. Whatever it is, there is a shark floating in there ...
BUT BURNETT Something wasn't right. It's pretty frustrating. I feel about two inches tall.
BUT BURNETT Well? I mean, I know fatherhood isn't your strong suit, but I thought maybe you'd evolved a little s...
BUT APRIL Last time I heard, she was still pregnant, and you were still in the running for daddy.
BUT APRIL Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
NATALIE PORTMAN Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30 - Men make love more intens...
CATHERINE II Petty deviance is encouraged
JKRAK Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly...
PAULINE HANSON You can love more than one person, but you can only be in love with one person.
TILLARA GENNETT Freedom is never free, but it also is never dumb.
MARIE-SUZANNE LABELLE (A.K.A MARIE-SUE) I would not, under any circumstances, try to impose my personal faith and belief on the rest of the ...
SAM BROWNBACK How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her...
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can...
B. E. HUTCHINSON I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
SIDNEY SHELDON I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.
PETER O'TOOLE The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
G. W. F. HEGEL The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. ...
JAMES HOWE We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.
LAUREN OLIVER Freedom has never felt so good.
ZOE SUGG None love, but they who wish to love
JEAN BAPTISTE RACINE There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by lo...
CASSANDRA CLARE But I can please God
CRAIG GROESCHEL And because God's love is uncoercive and treasures our freedom - if above all he wants us to love hi...
FREDERICK BUECHNER Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.
JEFFREY SACHS Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corp...
THOMAS JEFFERSON Most Americans pay lip service to the idea of freedom, but can't handle real freedom.
TOM ROBBINS Love - well, not love at first sight, but love at the end of the season, which is so much more satis...
OSCAR WILDE We fight not for glory nor for wealth nor honours; but only and alone we fight for freedom, which no...
BERNARD DE LINTON I like working alone. I feel freer, less constrained. I know what I have to do and I try to do it. T...
OLIVER Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, ...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather in power than use; and keep...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather in power than use; and keep ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, ...
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