Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. -- Martin Luther King Jr.

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The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. -- Gloria Steinem

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I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference. -- Greta Garbo

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What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it. ― Alan Wilson Watts

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At the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy.

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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson

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Well done is better than well said.— Benjamin Franklin

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Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure. -- Stephen King

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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

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