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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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In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. – Bertrand Russell

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Experience
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Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. – Bertrand Russell

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Change
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Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell

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Knowledge
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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another. – Yahya Jammeh

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True freedom is the capacity for acting according to ones true character, to be altogether ones self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion. – Corliss Lamont

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You learn that you either are going to have a police state where you dont have any freedom left, or youre going to build a world that doesnt create terrorists – and that means a whole different way of getting along. – John Shelby Spong

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Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better. – Charles Burney

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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault

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