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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our pos

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon

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As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters. – Edward Gibbon

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True independence and freedom can only exist in doing whats right. – Brigham Young

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Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. – David O. McKay

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I love music. Its freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration. – Ice Cube

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Bondage is of the mind freedom too is of the mind. If you say I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me free you shall be. – Ramakrishna

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As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale – my dreams become the substances of my life. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies. – Zbigniew Brzezinski

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