Quote by Bertrand Russell
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to t

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. – Bertrand Russell

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Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. – Bertrand Russell

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good
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The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. – Bertrand Russell

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Philosophical
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The saving man becomes the free man. – Chinese Proverb

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When I was in jail, I was a lot of peoples favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police. – Flavor Flav

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Freedom

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself – and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. Thats what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. – Jim Morrison

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That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation. – Anish Kapoor

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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. – Ojibwe Proverb

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When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets? – Jim Bishop

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Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly

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So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history. – Henry Louis Gates

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