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Quote by Denis Diderot
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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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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. – Denis Diderot

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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. – Denis Diderot

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. – Denis Diderot

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Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally – and being an actor you have that freedom. – Carrie-Anne Moss

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One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. – Howard Zinn

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Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us. – Mitt Romney

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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. – Angela Davis

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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion. – Xun Zi

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