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“The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.”

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Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!”

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Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.”

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Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.”

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Author:Eliot Engel

“In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today.”

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Book:The Classic Ballet, Basic Technique and Terminology

Source: The Classic Ballet, Basic Technique and Terminology

“When you become centered, suddenly there is great freedom because you know you are not the mind and you are not the body.”

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Author:Rajneesh

“No one can give you freedom but you.”

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Author:Byron Katie

“When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.”

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Book:Other Colours

Source: Other Colours

“The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce correct opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind....Attitudes on campuses often presage tendencies in the larger society. If that is so with respect to freedom of expression, the erosion of principle we have seen throughout our society in recent years may be only the beginning.”

“It is necessary to ensure that the requirement to combat terrorism is not used to clamp down on freedom of expression, legitimate dissent, freedom of association and so on.”

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Author:Mary Robinson

“What attracted me was less art itself than the artist’s life and all that it meant for me: the idea of creativity and freedom of expression and action. I had been attracted to painting and drawing for a long time, but it was not an irresistible passion; what I wanted, at all costs, was to escape the monotony of life.”

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Author:Pierre Bonnard

“Any test that turns on what is offensive to the community's standards is too loose, too capricious, too destructive of freedom of expression to be squared with the First Amendment. Under that test, juries can censor, suppress, and punish what they don't like, provided the matter relates to "sexual impurity" or has a tendency "to excite lustful thoughts." This is community censorship in one of its worst forms. It creates a regime where, in the battle between the literati and the Philistines, the Philistines are certain to win.”

“Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.”

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Author:Corazon Aquino

“Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.”

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Author:Larry Flynt

“Ever since taking office, the Obama administration has sought to accommodate Islamist demands that freedom of expression be curbed, lest it offend Muslims and stoke violence. For example, in 2009, the administration co-sponsored a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution along those lines.”