The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Freedom – to walk free and own no superior. – Walt Whitman

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In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society. – Noam Chomsky

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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

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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making a mistake,… of searching and experimenting,… of saying No to any authority — literary, artistic, philosophical, religious, social, and even political. – Ignazio Silone, The God That Failed, 1950

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