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  • My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

    Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952

    Freedom is just Chaos1, with better lighting2.

    Alan Dean Foster, "To the Vanishing Point"

    Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor3 in freedom.

    Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Out of My Later Years,' 1950

    The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

    Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics

    Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious4 choices you have made.

    Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000

    Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

    If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.

    Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906)

    When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

    Charles Evans Hughes, Address at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, June 17, 1925

    You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.

    Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938), Address to the jury, trial of

    Communists, Chicago, Illinois, 1920

    We hold in our hands, the most precious gift of all: Freedom. The freedom to express our art. Our love. The freedom to be who we want to be. We are not going to give that freedom away and no one shall take it from us!

    Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Cicely, 1992

    Only the educated are free.

    Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD), Discourses5

    In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed6; it must be achieved.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Speech, September 22, 1936

    Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread7 it.

    George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

    Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

    John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012

    The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede8 their efforts to obtain it.

    John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty, 1859

    The First Amendment9 is often inconvenient10. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve11 the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

    Justice Anthony Kennedy (1936 - )

    Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

    Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999

    While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.

    Lenin (1870 - 1924), "State and Revolution", 1919

    Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

    Lord Acton, Lecture, February 26, 1877

    The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security for the minorities.

    Lord Acton

    Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

    Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965

    You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

    Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965

    It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence12 never to practice either of them.

    Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)

    This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it.

    Maxwell Anderson (1888 - 1959), Valley Forge, Act III, 1937

    Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.

    Patricia Sampson

    To know what you prefer instead of humbly13 saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

    People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

    Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

    A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

    Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895), Address on university education, Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 1876

    I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

    Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), to Archibald Stuart, 1791

    We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.

    Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809), The Crisis, no. 4, September 11, 1777

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    1 chaos [ˈkeɪɒs] 7bZyz   第7级
    n.混乱,无秩序
    参考例句:
    • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos. 停电后,城市一片混乱。
    • The typhoon left chaos behind it. 台风后一片混乱。
    2 lighting [ˈlaɪtɪŋ] CpszPL   第7级
    n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光
    参考例句:
    • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting. 煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
    • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic. 那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
    3 labor ['leɪbə(r)] P9Tzs   第7级
    n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
    参考例句:
    • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor. 我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
    • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor. 艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
    4 subconscious [ˌsʌbˈkɒnʃəs] Oqryw   第10级
    n./adj.潜意识(的),下意识(的)
    参考例句:
    • Nail biting is often a subconscious reaction to tension. 咬指甲通常是紧张时的下意识反映。
    • My answer seemed to come from the subconscious. 我的回答似乎出自下意识。
    5 discourses [ˈdiskɔ:siz] 5f353940861db5b673bff4bcdf91ce55   第7级
    论文( discourse的名词复数 ); 演说; 讲道; 话语
    参考例句:
    • It is said that his discourses were very soul-moving. 据说他的讲道词是很能动人心灵的。
    • I am not able to repeat the excellent discourses of this extraordinary man. 这位异人的高超言论我是无法重述的。
    6 bestowed [biˈstəud] 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28   第9级
    赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
    参考例句:
    • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
    • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
    7 dread [dred] Ekpz8   第7级
    vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
    参考例句:
    • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes. 我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
    • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread. 她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
    8 impede [ɪmˈpi:d] FcozA   第8级
    vt.妨碍,阻碍,阻止
    参考例句:
    • One shouldn't impede other's progress. 一个人不应该妨碍他人进步。
    • The muddy roads impede our journey. 我们的旅游被泥泞的道路阻挠了。
    9 amendment [əˈmendmənt] Mx8zY   第8级
    n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
    参考例句:
    • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143. 这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
    • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill. 反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
    10 inconvenient [ˌɪnkənˈvi:niənt] m4hy5   第8级
    adj.不方便的,令人感到麻烦的
    参考例句:
    • You have come at a very inconvenient time. 你来得最不适时。
    • Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting? 他参加那次会议会不方便吗?
    11 absolve [əbˈzɒlv] LIeyN   第8级
    vt.赦免,解除(责任等)
    参考例句:
    • I absolve you, on the ground of invincible ignorance. 鉴于你不可救药的无知,我原谅你。
    • They agree to absolve you from your obligation. 他们同意免除你的责任。
    12 prudence ['pru:dns] 9isyI   第11级
    n.谨慎,精明,节俭
    参考例句:
    • A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems. 不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。
    • The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. 幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德。
    13 humbly ['hʌmblɪ] humbly   第7级
    adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地
    参考例句:
    • We humbly beg Your Majesty to show mercy. 我们恳请陛下发发慈悲。
    • "You must be right, Sir,'said John humbly. “你一定是对的,先生,”约翰恭顺地说道。

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