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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. – Herbert Hoover

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Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. – Herbert Hoover

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New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who still would adventure. – Herbert Hoover

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Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. – Herbert Hoover

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In our natural state, we are glorious beings. In the world of illusion, we are lost and imprisoned, slaves to our appetites and our will to false power. – Marianne Williamson

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You only have power over people so long as you dont take everything away from them. But when youve robbed a man of everything, hes no longer in your power – hes free again. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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