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Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly. -

Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly. – George Will

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Well, you know, the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. – George Will

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Experience
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George Will
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Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be? – George Will

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Ethics
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George Will
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Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it – short-term pain for long-term gain. – George Will

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Leadership
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Other Quotes from
Freedom
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My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Detroit, 1952

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Freedom

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action inside the country, and deprive them of material and moral support from within the country. – Richard Perle

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Freedom

The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy. – Benicio Del Toro

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Freedom

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Freedom

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I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. – Pierre Corneille

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Happiness

In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owners mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world. – Ben Hecht

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Hollywood

If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. – Howard Zinn

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power

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to die. He is not conscious of his birth, he suffers at his death and he forgets to live. – Jean de la Bruyere

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Death