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“The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.”

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Os Guinness

Os Guinness, born on September 30, 1941, is a British author, historian, and public intellectual. His works span a variety of fields including religion, politics, society, and culture, and have been well-received by readers. more

“I had a really unusual, remarkably unusual father because he, in our family, was the one that suffered the most. He was the one that explained American democracy to me. He said, ‘Our democracy is a people’s democracy and it can be as great as people can be, and it can be great… but we are also fallible human beings.’”

People Democracy

Author:George Takei

“I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.”

Writing Book Kids Wanted Honest Books For Kids

Author:Judy Blume

“Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.”

Pay Teacher Paid Adversity Profit Instruction Great Teacher

Author:Elizabeth Hardwick

“I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine.”

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Author:Frederick Douglass

“I want to devour you with my eyes, and tell you over and over that you've never been so beautiful.”

Want Eye Beautiful

Author:Alain Delon

“Once you learn what the disease or physical block has to teach you and finally let go of the emotional issues stored in the cells, then, and only then, can real healing begin on all levels - emotional, spiritual and physical.”

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Book:The Journey: A Practical Guide to Healing Your Life and Setting Yourself Free

Source: The Journey: A Practical Guide to Healing Your Life and Setting Yourself Free

“Thoughtful white people know they are inferior to black people.”

People Knows Black White Thoughtful Black People Inferiors

Author:Malcolm X

“But what love got to do with it when you don't love yourself ?”

Love You Love Yourself

Author:Kendrick Lamar

“But I want to tell my stories, more than that, I have to in order to stay sane.”

Want Stories Order Sane

Book:Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's

Source: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's

“All of women's aspirations--whether for education, work, or any form of self-determination--ultimately rest on their ability to decide whether and when to bear children. For this reason, reproductive freedom has always been the most popular item in each of the successive feminist agendas--and the most heavily assaulted target of each backlash.”

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Book:Backlash: the undeclared war against American women

Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women

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