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I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. – Chris Patten

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But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership. – Chris Patten

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We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. – Ricardo Flores Magon, speech, 1914 May 31st

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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement. – Jeanette Winterson

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Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence. – William Falconer

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