If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperative

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others. – George Soros

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That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing. – Sheryl Crow

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They know the importance of their mission and of Americas commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny. – John Boehner

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