Freedom Quotes
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The success of society is to be evaluated... primarily by the substantive freedoms that the members of that society enjoy.
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There are two freedoms, the false where one is free to do what he likes, and the true where he is free to do what he ought.
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There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant. And that is the force of human freedom.
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This is not, however, just America's fight. And what is at stake is not just America's freedom. This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight. This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.
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This is what I call the American idea, a government of the people, by the people, and for the people - a government of the principles of eternal justice, the unchanging law of God.
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Void of freedom, what would virtue be?
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War - hard apprenticeship of freedom.
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We are serving in freedom's cause -- and that is the cause of all mankind.
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We believe that freedom can advance and change lives in the greater Middle East as it has advanced and changed lives in Asia, in Latin America, in Eastern Europe and Africa.
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We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, my fellow Americans, we will see freedom's victory.
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We're advancing our security at home by advancing the cause of freedom across the world, because, in the long run, the only way to defeat the terrorists is to defeat their dark vision of hatred and fear by offering the hopeful alternative of human freedom.
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What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.
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Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.
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When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition.
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Whenever people are given a choice in the matter, they prefer lives of freedom to lives of fear.
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