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Quote by Frederick Douglass
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. – Frederick Douglass

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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. – Frederick Douglass

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Self-Respect
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Frederick Douglass
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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. – Frederick Douglass

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Learning
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Frederick Douglass
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But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. Whats appealing is that you dont have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem. – Jane Campion

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Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning, this nation trusted in God, not man. Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. – Mitt Romney

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The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. – Wole Soyinka

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Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. – Robert McNamara

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Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. – Robert Delaunay

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Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them. – Laurette Taylor

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Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources. – Cynthia McKinney

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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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