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Quote by Adlai Stevenson
America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political a

America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact – the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality. – Adlai Stevenson

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Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set. – Adlai Stevenson

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Do not… regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Adlai Stevenson

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln

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Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. – Albert Camus

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In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. – Simone de Beauvoir

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