"A thatched roof once covered free men; under marble and gold dwells slavery."

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“Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.”

“Cui prodest scelus, is fecit.”

“Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent.”

“Qui nil potest sperare, desperate nihil.”

“Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.”

“Pyrrhus: Lex nulla capto parcit aut poenam impedit.Agamemnon: Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor.Pyr: Quodcumque libuit facere victori licet.Agam.: Minimum decet libere cui multum licet.”

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"Satirists, be careful. In the 1931 film by René Clair Vive la Liberte a song says, "Work is freedom." In 1940 the sign on the gates to Auschwitz said: "Arbeit macht frei."

— Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Literature1909–1966

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"Quite simply, a free press promotes peace; creating a universally free press would promote universal peace. The bridge between the two is democracy."

— Rudolph Rummel

Science1932–2014

#freedom

"In the governmental structure created by our Constitution, the Executive is endowed with enormous power in the two related areas of national defense and international relations. This power, largely un…"

— Potter Stewart

Law1915–1985

#freedom

"If somehow we could snap our fingers and there would no longer be any drugs in the world whatsoever, would there be no more addiction? Would there be no more suffering? Or is it possible that addictio…"

— Ethan Nadelmann

Law1957

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