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When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.


Vaclav Havel

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CHRISTINA ENGELA The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
BETTY FORD Freedom is not given, it is taken'
NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE We must escape this monotony, this slavery of our minds, We have not achieved complete freedom yet.
KATE MILLER Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we m...
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TERRY PRATCHETT To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freed...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK It is not a complete analysis.
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AMIR BUTLER There is always a choice."
"You mean I could choose certain death?"
"A choice neverthele...
TERRY PRATCHETT Freedom can be a frightening thing when you are not used to it.
ZANA MUHSEN Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant h...
F.A. HAYEK Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant h...
FRIEDRICH AUGUST HAYEK Without Christ a people may always have the freedom to do, but never the power to complete.
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THOMAS HUXLEY Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of t...
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are...
JAMES BALDWIN Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; Freedom is something that people take and people...
JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant h...
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SUZY KASSEM Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.
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AMIR BUTLER Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
SAMUEL BUTLER Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation.
VERA NAZARIAN Freedom is not enough.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON Freedom is never given; it is won.
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
MAHATMA GANDHI Freedom is not a freebie.
MUHAMMED HAIDER 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."
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FREEDOM MATTHEWS Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as...
VACLAV HAVEL Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
MAHATMA GANDHI Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to s...
ADLAI E. STEVENSON A long leash is not freedom.
MARTY RUBIN Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation
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TACITUS Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must...
PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.
VIKTOR E. FRANKL All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.
AKIVA BEN JOSEPH Doing what we please is not freedom is not liberty; rather it is the abuse of true liberty and freed...
CARDINAL HAYES He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man.
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ALLAN LOKOS And it's not surprising that there should be disagreement - it'd be a little surprising if there was...
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ANTONIO PORCHIA I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, ...
OMAR BONGO To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, f...
PATTI SMITH 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
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MARGARET ATWOOD not a complete disaster.
JON BROWN Jesus made waves. He spoke the truth, did the truth, lived the truth. Maybe that's the secret to fre...
JUSTIN STECKBAUER Most of what I say is complete truth. My edit button is broken.
MYRA MCENTIRE This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given ...
JIM WALSH We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is be...
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JEFFREY FRY Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that s...
JANE AUSTEN Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that s...
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KIRK FRANKLIN God has given us His word, which is complete. Why the add on?
JOHN ALEXANDER TRISTRAM IF YOU CAN'T THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, THANK HIM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED!
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NOT SURE If you are constantly looking in the rear view mirror, how will you ever see what is in front of you...
NOT SURE Freedom is a personal journey and not a destination.
JAIME CONTRERAS The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
GRACE (PATRICIA) KELLY The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
GRACE KELLY Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.
FERDINAND MARCOS When a woman is incarcerated, she's expected to give up her freedom, but not her soul.
MICHELLE PHILLIPS Then the face of Big Brother faded away again and instead the three slogans of the Party stood out i...
GEORGE ORWELL A man in love is not complete until he is married. Then he is finished.
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GARY F EVANS... Money is not everything.
BEN OAK Each piece, or part, of the whole of nature is always merely an approximation to the complete truth,...
RICHARD P. FEYNMAN Freedom is not worth it without him.
SANTINO HASSELL Truth equals our freedom. If we do not have it it appears to someone who even has a small glimpse of...
JAMES DYE It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-al...
CHER All of it was fabricated. It was not manipulation of real data -- it was just complete fabrication.
STEIN VAALER We had the chance to win. It just was not a complete game for us. And in this league, if you don't p...
DAN PINKERTON Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given t...
MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
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B.R. AMBEDKAR Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
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