Quote by William Faulkner
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we pract

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. – William Faulkner

Other quotes by William Faulkner

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps its the risk, the gamble. In any event its a thing I need. – William Faulkner

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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. – William Faulkner

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Black History
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Other Quotes from
Independence Day
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The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic – have always blown on free men. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. – Robert J. McCracken

This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. – Lyndon B. Johnson

Let freedom never perish in your hands. – Joseph Addison

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Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. – Alice Miller

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Happiness, to some, elation Is, to others, mere stagnation. – Amy Lowell

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The cry of equality pulls everyone down. – Iris Murdoch

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Evil men have no songs. How is it that the Russians have songs? – Friedrich Nietzsche

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