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“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”

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Author:Sigmund Freud

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”

Source: Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

“The freedom of thought and action we Americans enjoy today seems as natural as the air we breathe. But there is a danger we may take this freedom for granted. We must never forget it was bought for us at a great price. The brave and resourceful Americans whose sacrifices gained our Independence and preserved it for more than 200 years against formidable foes have set an example of unflinching loyalty to the ideal of liberty and justice for all.”

“Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.”

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Author:Graham Greene

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.”

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”

“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.”

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Book:Either/or

Source: Either/or

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