Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
-Bobby McGee
Sorry, I had to.
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This isnāt really about āFreedomā, but I liked the quote, maybe because I think of the media when I read it. Donāt know where it came from:
When you are dead, you donāt know you are dead, the pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you are stupid
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A zoo is the only place where all the prisoners are innocent
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Humans invented the atom bomb, but no mouse in the world would ever construct a mouse trap.
Albert Einstein
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Sung by (rather belted out by) Janis Joplin, written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster. Showing my age.
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When faced with possibly armed confrontationā¦āBe polite, be professional and then kill everyone in the room.ā
Former Sec of Defense Mattis ā¦I think
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Not necessarily a quote about Freedom, but during the next few days it seem appropriate. (Today is Jan 5th, 2021)
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Unfortunately, Iām sure that people are starting to name their kids Patience and Timeā¦like many other unusual names. 
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@Robert15 - that quote applies perfectly to our livesā¦ Freedom included.
People just need to understand the meaning correctlyā¦
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These scientists have discovered, that time travelling to the Future is very easyā¦ We only need to be patientā¦and waitā¦
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Not necessarily about freedom in the sense you meant but an interesting quote from 2011 and the Arab Spring. āRevolutions are explosions of frustration and rage that build over time, sometimes over decades. Although their political roots are deep, it is often a single spark that ignites themā.
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Yep, it was him. He has lots of those pearls of wisdom. It was actually āā¦but have a plan to kill everyone you meetā.
He was an awesome general. I had the honor of flying him twice in Iraq in 2006. We all revered him, especially his Marines.
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THESE are the times that try menās souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.
Thomas Paine, The Crisis No. I (written 19 December 1776, published 23 December 1776)
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The Federalist Papersā¦ ran across this one:
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āNo man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty.ā
- Frederick Douglass
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There was a poem in ancient Rome about a dog that found 2 bones. He picked at one, he licked the other he went in circles and he dropped dead. Freedom of choice is what you got. Freedom from choice is what you want.
Devo, 1980
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Look up the take of Buridanās Ass. Itās a story of a donkey who is placed between two equal bales of hay. He canāt decide which one to eat, and eventually dies of hunger. It sounds very similar to the dog in your story.
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