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  I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against
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  I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal
every form of tyranny over the mind of man.  
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hostility against every form of tyranny
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over the mind of man.  
 
   - Thomas Jefferson
 
   - Thomas Jefferson
  
  A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to the belief that
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  A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to
they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that.  
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the belief that they can make people... better.
So no more runnin'. I aim to misbehave.
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And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'.
 +
I aim to misbehave.
 
   - Malcom Reynolds
 
   - Malcom Reynolds
  
  I judge people by their own principles, not by my own.
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  I judge people by their own principles, not
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by my own.
 
   - Martin Luther King Jr.
 
   - Martin Luther King Jr.
  
  It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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  It's better to die on your feet than to live
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on your knees.
 
   - Emiliano Zapata
 
   - Emiliano Zapata
  
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   - Mary Black, Turning Away
 
   - Mary Black, Turning Away
  
  For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but
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  For to be free is not merely to cast off
to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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one's chains, but to live in a way that
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respects and enhances the freedom of others.
 
   - Nelson Mandela
 
   - Nelson Mandela
  
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   - Elbert Hubbard
 
   - Elbert Hubbard
  
  I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for
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  I am free because I know that I alone am
everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If
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morally responsible for everything I do.
  I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious,
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I am free, no matter what rules surround me.
I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally
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  If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them;
  responsible for everything I do.
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if I find them too obnoxious, I break them.
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I am free because I know that I alone am  
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  morally responsible for everything I do.
 
   - Robert A. Heinlein
 
   - Robert A. Heinlein
  
  May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but
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  May we think of freedom, not as the right
as the opportunity to do what is right.
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to do as we please, but as the opportunity
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to do what is right.
 
   - Peter Marshall
 
   - Peter Marshall
  
  Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage
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  Freedom is the sure possession of those
to defend it.  
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alone who have the courage to defend it.  
 
   - Pericles
 
   - Pericles
  
  Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political
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  Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out
convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group
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in pieces to suit political convenience. I
of people and deny it to others. - Coretta Scott King|You cannot
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don't believe you can stand for freedom for
parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.  
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one group of people and deny it to others.
 +
  - Coretta Scott King
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces
 +
because freedom is all or nothing.  
 
   - Tertullian
 
   - Tertullian
  
  You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting
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  You can only protect your liberties in this
the other man's freedom.  
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world by protecting the other man's freedom.  
 
   - Clarence Darrow
 
   - Clarence Darrow
  
  As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot
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  As human beings, we are endowed with freedom
shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature.
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of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our
We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.  
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responsibility upon the shoulders of God or
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nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is
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our responsibility.  
 
   - Arnold J. Toynbee
 
   - Arnold J. Toynbee
  
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   - Clarence Darrow
 
   - Clarence Darrow
  
  Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts,
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  Freedom is never easily won, but once
  spreads and chokes out tyranny.  
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established, freedom lasts, spreads and
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  chokes out tyranny.  
 
   - Trent Lott
 
   - Trent Lott
  
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   - Skillet, Never Surrender
 
   - Skillet, Never Surrender
  
  Every tyrant who has lived has believe in freedom for himself.
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  Every tyrant who has lived has believe in
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freedom for himself.
 
   - Elbert Hubbard
 
   - Elbert Hubbard
  
  Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It
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  Your true traveler finds boredom rather
is the symbol of his liberty, his excessive freedom. He accepts his
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agreeable than painful. It is the symbol
boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with
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of his liberty, his excessive freedom. He
 +
accepts his boredom, when it comes, not
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merely philosophically, but almost with
 
  pleasure.
 
  pleasure.
 
   - Aldous Huxley
 
   - Aldous Huxley
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   - Breaking Benjamin, Without You
 
   - Breaking Benjamin, Without You
  
  Persistence, resistance, one man can make a difference.
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  Persistence, resistance,
  The battle's inside of me, the fight's begun but not yet won
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one man can make a difference
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  The battle's inside of me
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the fight's begun but not yet won
 
  And I won't become, one more casualty
 
  And I won't become, one more casualty
 
   - Marty Casey & Lovehammers, Casualty
 
   - Marty Casey & Lovehammers, Casualty
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   - Switchfoot, 'Dare You to Move'
 
   - Switchfoot, 'Dare You to Move'
  
  Count your blessings and prepare to change your point of view
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  Count your blessings and prepare
  All those days that you spend waiting won't come back to you
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  to change your point of view
  Take off the glasses that have treated your world black and grey
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  All those days that you spend
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  waiting won't come back to you
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  Take off the glasses that have
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  treated your world black and grey
 
  It doesn't get easy, don't you know
 
  It doesn't get easy, don't you know
 
   - Delain, 'April Rain'
 
   - Delain, 'April Rain'
  
  I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not
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  I mourn the loss of thousands of precious
rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.
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lives, but I will not rejoice in the death
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of one, not even an enemy.
 
   - Jessica Dovey
 
   - Jessica Dovey

Revision as of 22:12, 20 January 2014

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal
hostility against every form of tyranny
over the mind of man. 
 - Thomas Jefferson
A year from now, ten? They'll swing back to
the belief that they can make people... better.
And I do not hold to that. So no more runnin'.
I aim to misbehave.
 - Malcom Reynolds
I judge people by their own principles, not
by my own.
 - Martin Luther King Jr.
It's better to die on your feet than to live
on your knees.
 - Emiliano Zapata
Age don't matter like
Race don't matter like
Place don't matter like what's inside
 - The War Inside, Switchfoot
And in searching for acceptance
They have given it away
Only the children of our children
Know the price they had to pay
  - Mary Black, Turning Away
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
Responsibility is the price of freedom. 
 - Elbert Hubbard
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
May we think of freedom, not as the right
to do as we please, but as the opportunity
to do what is right.
 - Peter Marshall
Freedom is the sure possession of those
alone who have the courage to defend it. 
 - Pericles
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out
in pieces to suit political convenience. I
don't believe you can stand for freedom for
one group of people and deny it to others.
 - Coretta Scott King
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces
because freedom is all or nothing. 
 - Tertullian
You can only protect your liberties in this
world by protecting the other man's freedom. 
 - Clarence Darrow
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom
of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our
responsibility upon the shoulders of God or
nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is
our responsibility. 
 - Arnold J. Toynbee
You can only be free if I am free. 
 - Clarence Darrow
Freedom is never easily won, but once
established, freedom lasts, spreads and
chokes out tyranny. 
 - Trent Lott
The night is so long when
Everything's wrong
If you give me your hand
I will help you hold on 
 - Skillet, Never Surrender
Every tyrant who has lived has believe in
freedom for himself.
 - Elbert Hubbard
Your true traveler finds boredom rather
agreeable than painful. It is the symbol
of his liberty, his excessive freedom. He
accepts his boredom, when it comes, not
merely philosophically, but almost with
pleasure.
 - Aldous Huxley
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
 - Hannah Arendt
Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven, when we die
I am the shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all
 - Breaking Benjamin, Without You
Persistence, resistance,
one man can make a difference
The battle's inside of me
the fight's begun but not yet won
And I won't become, one more casualty
  - Marty Casey & Lovehammers, Casualty
And if strength is born from heartbreak
Many mountains I could move
And if walls could speak I'd pray
That they would tell me what to do
  - Rise Against, Help is On the Way
Bet you've never seen the things that I've seen
Bottled up inside this time
Cause I'm taking back my life.
 - Adelita's Way, 'Invicible'
Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters
 - Metallica, 'Nothing Else Matters'
Right here, right now
Stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
  - Skillet, 'Awake and Alive'
Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
I may never know for certain
When will be my time
How was I considered evil?
Pleasures taken in this life?
Someone granted me reprieval
Decades spent in strife
 - Disturbed, 'Overburdened'
So pick up and follow me we're the only ones
To fight this thing until we've won
We drive on and don't look back
It doesn't mean we can't learn from our past
All the things that we mighta done wrong
We could've been doing this all along
Everybody with the first raised high
Let me hear your battle cry tonight
Stand beside, or step aside
We are the frontline.
 - Pillar, 'Frontline'
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
 - Switchfoot, 'Dare You to Move'
Count your blessings and prepare
  to change your point of view
All those days that you spend
  waiting won't come back to you
Take off the glasses that have
  treated your world black and grey
It doesn't get easy, don't you know
 - Delain, 'April Rain'
I mourn the loss of thousands of precious
lives, but I will not rejoice in the death
of one, not even an enemy.
  - Jessica Dovey