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When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.


Vladimir Lenin

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GARY F EVANS... Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy.
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DEYTH BANGER Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.
DANIEL DELGADO F Wherever you are, be all there.
CRAIG GROESCHEL There is no thing known as bad luck. There is luck, or no luck at all.
JEFFREY FRY You never can't put bad down, there is always something tricky... nothing is so easy if it's easy. I...
DEYTH BANGER Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.
SUZANNE LA FOLLETTE There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
ERIC HOFFER There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
ERICH FROMM You are descended from warriors. An endless parade of warriors. You have been alive for a billion ye...
NICK LAKE When there is no specific task, the human’s subconscious mind will be in a passive state
SUNDAY ADELAJA Hakuna mimi katika umoja. Kuna sisi.
ENOCK MAREGESI There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be f...
WILLIAM PENN That's a shame," said Bert, "to run out of crackers before you've run out of emergency.
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ANNABELLE ARKI Life enjoys its freedom when there is no secret to hide
JONATHAN CHEN Be there next time when the happiness will visit you.
MARIANA FULGER If you haven't been there, use your imagination. Imagination takes you everywhere.
EPHDAN From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
DR. SUESS He wanted to tell her how much he preferred to look at her, that only by watching could he memorize ...
JERZY KOSINKSI Just 'cause you can't see me don't mean I gone away.
JODI PICOULT We have them just where they want us.
JAMES T. KIRK It started somewhere from there.
DEYTH BANGER If there is no love, how can there be passion or reason?
DEBASISH MRIDHA No one is too old for fairy tales.
NICK LAKE Nepal will be a secular state - there is no other way.
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DEYTH BANGER Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose.
BEN OAK In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.
TIBERIUS Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.
CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND There is no liberation without labor... and there is no freedom which is free.
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YODA We are saying there can be no Freedom Day celebrations while there are people who are oppressed.
JACKSON SIMON there is no freedom without justice.
SIMON WIESENTHAL There is no freedom without bravery.
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ADLIN SINCLAIR There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.
CHESTER BOWLES If u can experience freedom when there is lot of uncertainty , then that is "REAL FREEDOM"
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NOAM CHOMSKY All saints are gonna be there? Tre, you might get laid!
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG Don't use it because it is available for you. It is available for you just in case you need it.
EPHDAN A tough lesson we must learn in life is that....NOT everyone is going to wish you well, not everyone...
JESSICA FAYE HAMMER Sometimes we do not realize how many people give a damn until something horrible happens. And someti...
MONIKA BASILE I may not be the kind of person you want me to, but I will always be there for you.
ALFUSAINEY JALLOW Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are n...
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There is either where we've been or where we hope to go, here is where we are, take a moment to give...
DENNIS BARTON Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But w...
SUZY KASSEM There is no such thing as part freedom.
NELSON MANDELA There is no Europe without freedom and solidarity,
JOSE MANUEL BARROSO There is no such thing as part freedom
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ANGIE KARAN Against nature and within nature there is no freedom.
LUDWIG VON MISES There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
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ROLLO MAY There is no evidence of a conspiracy ... the state failed because there is no conspiracy.
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JOHN LOCKE When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE There is no ageism or 'youthism' when it comes to freedom of speech. We are all citizens.
JACQUES PARIZEAU Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no fr...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no ...
BERGEN EVANS Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no f...
BERGEN EVANS When it comes to being there for others or for yourself, you should always pick for others...if you'...
ANDRE FRATTINO What you guys want, I'm for.
DAN QUAYLE If you don 't have explanation of what's happening around the world... I think somebody else knows p...
DEYTH BANGER I hate being in my shoes
...

I am a deadman there!
DEYTH BANGER There can be no press freedom in the Philippines while journalists are forced to live in fear.
WARREN CHRISTOPHER It does several things, one there is no shareholder accountability and there are no federal and stat...
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SUNDAY ADELAJA No matter where you go - there you are
CONFUCIUS Any lack of joy in the world is the result of disobedience.
CAROLYN SHIELDS You are here to be free. There is no other way to be free than to embrace freedom within yourself.
TONY SAMARA Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.
FRIEDRICH EBERT Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, th...
ATIFETE JAHJAGA Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, inn...
KRISHNAMURTI There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed.
JAMES LARKIN Just a moment ago, I was thinking of postponing my dream for tomorrow, but I decided to take a look ...
PHILIP T. M. One moment you are here, othere there, then there. Then you can't move!
DEYTH BANGER In reality, there is no such thing as absolute freedom. The rules of social interaction determine on...
ERALDO BANOVAC Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the...
VIRGINIA WOOLF IDEAS MATTER....Without an objective moral standard above and beyond the subjective feeling and wish...
DR. EVERETT PIPER Sometimes if there is too much freedom exercised then democracy will be destroyed,
ABDULLAH BADAWI Sometimes if there is too much freedom exercised then democracy will be destroyed,
ABDULLAH AHMAD BADAWI There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted
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VLADIMIR NABOKOV A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.
VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV You need to put drones under control; you need to lay out certain rules of engagement in order to pr...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Of the not very many ways known of shedding one's body, falling, falling, falling is the supreme met...
VLADIMIR NABOKOV I have never stated Russia is an energy superpower, but we have more reserves than almost anybody el...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain nat...
VLADIMIR PUTIN The Russian people have unilaterally made their choice in direction of democracy in the early '9...
VLADIMIR PUTIN Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV