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I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.


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Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.


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The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.


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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.


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Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
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Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.
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America will nurture a new Muslim - one who can believe in Muhammad and the Quran but who abandons belief in a Shariah-based state and affirms the primary American value of individual liberty, which has not been a normative Islamic value.
Dennis Prager
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Mahatma Gandhi
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We believe democracy cannot be imposed from outside in any society. Democracy is the expression of a sovereign people.
Meles Zenawi
But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.
Lee H. Hamilton
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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.


Dan Quayle
You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.
William Blake
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The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.
John Ensign
As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy.
Jim Costa
I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.
Jimi Hendrix
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Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.
Louis D. Brandeis
Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.
Henry Cabot Lodge
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The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.


Thorstein Veblen
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.


Fergie
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A lot of people call me the architect of rock & roll. I don't call myself that, but I believe it's true.
Little Richard
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