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Quote by Herbert Spencer
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet i

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. – Herbert Spencer

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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. – Herbert Spencer

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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. – Herbert Spencer

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We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. – Charles de Gaulle

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I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a few more things and have the freedom to travel and the freedom of speech – and the freedom of dreaming, really. – Petra Nemcova

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When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored. – Wendell Willkie

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I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. – Booker T. Washington

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Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health. – Thomas Tusser

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I ran up the door, opened the stairs, said my pajamas and put on my prayers — turned off my bed, tumbled into my light, and all because he kissed me good-night! – Author Unknown

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I would love to spend all my time writing to you Id love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true. – Luigi Pirandello

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