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“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”

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“The only way to make a library safe is to lock people out of it. As long as they are allowed to read the books 'any old time they have a mind to,' libraries will remain the nurseries of heresy and independence of thought. They will, in fact, preserve that freedom which is a far more important part of our lives than any ideology or orthodoxy, the freedom that dissolves orthodoxies and inspires solutions to the ever-changing challenges of the future. I hope that your library and mine will continue in this way to be dangerous for many years to come.”

Ideas Freedom Books Thought Libraries

Book:American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America

Source: American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America

“Listen, everyone, you all have your own circumstances. Some of you come from rich families,and some poor. But your value isn't determined by such things--by things beyond your control. Each one of you must discover your own worth through your own efforts. So... don't make the mistake of thinking you alone are special.”

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Book:Battle Royale

Source: Battle Royale

“This “freedom” put a proud people in chains And turned free men into slaves “Independence” made us weak And slaughtered us In the name of kindness This is democracy by the whip And the fear of chains With a whirlwind at its core”

Book:My Life with the Taliban

Source: My Life with the Taliban

“If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.”

Freedom Responsibility

Author:Carl Schurz

“Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward”

Author:Patricia Sampson

“Perhaps he has confused making money with freedom.”

Freedom Greed Economics Philosophy

Book:Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America

Source: Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America

“It was the awakening summer of 1960 and the entire country was in labor. Something wonderful was about to be born, and we were all going to be good parents to the welcome child. Its name was Freedom.”

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Book:The Heart of a Woman

Source: The Heart of a Woman

“The novel is the privileged vehicle of two ways of being: narrative and freedom: to be new (novel) in a speech open to all, and to be free in a speech that never concludes.”

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Book:Myself with Others: Selected Essays

Source: Myself with Others: Selected Essays

“. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”

Author:John Marshall

“Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.”

Author:Jeffrey Borenstein