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“I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.”

Light Born Freedom Break Sun Wind Native Native American Break Up Prairie Native America Great Native American Native American Earth Enclosure Apaches

Author:Geronimo

“Man must be able to think freely and he must be able to express his thoughts freely! He who is against this is not only fascist and primitive but at the same time is a very great coward also! Only the brave and the honourable men are never afraid of freedom of thought and freedom of expression of ideas! Just like the cockroaches do not like the light, evil minds also do not like the freedom of thoughts!”

Thinking Men Mind Ideas Light Able Evil Freedom Expression Brave Coward Primitive Fascists Freedom Of Thought Freedom Of Expression Cockroaches

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.”

Men May Doe Light Freedom Wise

Book:Foucault's Pendulum

Source: Foucault's Pendulum

“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.”

Ideas Light Political Politics Freedom Mines Intellectual Property Advertising Instruction Patents Intellectual Property Darkening Creativity And Learning

Author:Thomas Jefferson

“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.”

Source: The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi

“Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness on the confines of two everlasting empires, - Necessity and Free Will.”

Humans Two Soul Light Freedom Darkness Empires Free Will Everlasting Human Soul Hemisphere

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“People aren't angels woven of light, but neither are they beasts to be driven into stalls.”

People Light Freedom Democracy Angel Driven Beast Woven

Author:Vladimir Korolenko

“How does the light of a star set out and plunge into black eternity in its immortal course? The star dies, but the light never dies; such also is the cry of freedom.”

Doe Light Dies Courses Stars Black Freedom Cry Eternity Immortal Plunge

Book:Saviors of God

Source: Saviors of God

“Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the torrents meet.”

Light Freedom Heard Feet Height Sat Thunder Starry Sky

Book:Fifty Poems

Source: Fifty Poems

“Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out.”

States Light Freedom Liberty Electricity Eternal Vigilance

Author:Wayne LaPierre

“Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement.”

Mind May Light Freedom Liberty Knowledge Darkness Information Ignorance Chains Bliss Acquire Darkness To Light

Book:Papers of a Pariah

Source: Papers of a Pariah

“I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance.”

Believe Light Dies Lost Freedom Liberty Labor Steady

Book:Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

Source: Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence

“I am caught like a beast at bay. Somewhere are people, freedom, light, But all I hear is the baying of the pack, There is no way out for me.”

People Way Light Freedom Caught Beast Packs

Author:Boris Pasternak