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Famous Quotes
"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."
More quotes about Freedom
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"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."
Ronald Reagan on Freedom -
"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."
Nelson Mandela on Freedom -
"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Freedom -
"I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
Robert A. Heinlein on Freedom -
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."
Mahatma Gandhi on Freedom
More quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
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"Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves."
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"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."
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"The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality."
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"Life is to be entered upon with courage."
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"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."