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Freedom

The nice thing about the Bible is it doesnt give you too many facts. Two an a half lines and it tells you the whole story and that leaves you a great deal of freedom to elaborate on how it might have happened. – Howard Nemerov

You cannot mistake Bushs clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they arent just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves. – Eric Liu

I dont look so closely at womens fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves. – Tadao Ando

So keep fightin for freedom and justice, beloveds, but dont you forget to have fun doin it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. – Molly Ivins

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nations Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to Americas flag and the ideals it represents. – Ron Lewis

In America its live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well. – Vince McMahon

Thats free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing – the truly democratic thing about it – is that you dont even have to be a player to lose. – Barbara Ehrenreich

Ive never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldnt, I didnt do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out dont have. – Michael Haneke

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from whats forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? Thats what we call freedom. – Muqtada al Sadr

Freedom and responsibility arent interconnected things. They are the same thing. – Harry Browne

The communitarians may say youve been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life – to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices. – Harry Browne

My philosophy is, dont take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom. – Tim Robbins

If freedoms best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come. – Mitch Daniels

Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose. – Kris Kristofferson

I do believe that freedom isnt free – but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. Theyve been cynically using the word freedom to rally the American public against its own best interests. – Richard Trumka

People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites – lets say the sites around Iran – where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others. – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

My parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose and set on Franklin Delano Roosevelts backside because he meant so much to them. This was freedom. This was something totally different from the Russia they had left. – Mike Wallace

Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, thats what were needing! Weve needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine oclock. – Kurt Tucholsky

The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to anothers state of consciousness. – Paul Twitchell

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasnt making money, but making an impact. – Sean Parker