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Quote by Nelson Mandela
For to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains, but to live

For to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela

Other quotes by Nelson Mandela

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special. – Nelson Mandela

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Personality
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Nelson Mandela
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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people. – Nelson Mandela

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Government
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Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. – Joichi Ito

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Freedom

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values. – Steve Forbes

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Freedom

When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state. – Vladimir Lenin

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Freedom

The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer – we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them – we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom. – Condoleezza Rice

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It takes two flints to make a fire. – Louisa May Alcott

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Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. – Karl Kraus

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Theres a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre. – Harold Pinter

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When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment. – Frank Press

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