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The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.
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The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.
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To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.
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'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' - those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
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... the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
Wings of Fire -
...controls on behavior shift from the intermediate levels of human experience (social, emotional and religious) to the lower (military and political) or to the upper (ideological). They become the externalized controls of a mature society: weapons, bureaucracies, material rewards, or ideology.
Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: The State of Individuals (1976) -
A central lesson of science is that to understand complex issues (or even simple ones), we must try to free our minds of dogma and to guarantee the freedom to publish, to contradict, and to experiment. Arguments from authority are unacceptable.
Billions and Billions: Thoughts of Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenium (1997) Ch. 14, The Common Enemy. -
A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment.
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
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A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
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A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
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A free-enterprise economy depends only on markets, and according to the most advanced mathematical macroeconomic theory, markets depend only on moods: specifically, the mood of the men in the pinstripes, also known as the Boys on the Street. When the Boys are in a good mood, the market thrives; when they get scared or sullen, it is time for each one of us to look into the retail apple business.
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A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.
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A house divided against itself cannot stand - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
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A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
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