Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, bu

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. – Epictetus

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It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things. – Florence Welch

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The Declaration of Independence was always our vision of who we wanted to be, our ideal of freedom and justice, how we were going to be different, and what the American experiment was going to be about. – Marian Wright Edelman

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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – George Washington

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When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time one must always go forward – or go back. He who now talks about the freedom of the press goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism. – Vladimir Lenin

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