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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. – Denis Diderot

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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot

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Tyranny
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Denis Diderot
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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. – Denis Diderot

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Religion
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Denis Diderot
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Freedom
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You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you dont have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I dont know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I dont know how much I pay in taxes. – Haruki Murakami

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Freedom

I used to think that if I had success I would have freedom. But I have less freedom now than Ive ever had. And what gives me satisfaction is not the jewelry and not the cars. What gives me satisfaction is doing things for others, like children. – Criss Angel

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Freedom

More than anything else, let me be clear – we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. Thats what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to. – Mike Pence

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Freedom

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Husseins regime is a better and safer place. – George W. Bush

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Freedom

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International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. – Rebecca West

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Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about – courage. – John Milius

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Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. – Edwin Way Teale

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Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will – are all gone. – Albert J. Nock

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