If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. — Albert Einstein

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Liberties aren't given, they are taken. -- Aldous Huxley

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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ― Epictetus

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I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. -- Voltaire

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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 prudence never to practice either of them. -- Mark Twain

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In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.' - Phil Collins

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

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In war, truth is the first casualty.― Aeschylus

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I love musical theater. That's what I started off to do when I was 7, and my first show was 'Peter Pan.' - David Hasselhoff

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First you have free breakfasts, then you have free medical care, then you have free bus rides, and soon you have FREEDOM! ― Fred Hampton

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