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7 Quotes on Freedom and 1 Song from The Big Chair

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears live in Belgium.
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Freedom can mean different things to different people depending on their circumstances. Some have said the most importance circumstance is social. Others believe the political or spiritual is more important. Can freedom be given to another or is it something we claim from within. A few quoted thoughts on the subject in honor of the “celebration.”

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”
Jim Morrison

“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.”
Oprah Winfrey

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
Abraham Lincoln

“I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.”
Antoine de Saint Exupery

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
John F. Kennedy

“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”
Rabindranath Tagore

“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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Comment by Calling All Angels on September 2, 2012 at 9:02pm: I believe mostly in freedom established from within because it is self-confirmed and less susceptible to compromise from without. I like all the quotes though and love this song.

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