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“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”

“One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.”

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.”

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”

“Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.”

“Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.”