Section: «Quotes»
A quotation (from Latin citare, citatum - to proclaim, to cite) is a verbatim excerpt from some text of someone's speech; the author's words, cited to support it with authority or simply to illustrate one's own expressed thought, or to criticize the quoted thought itself.
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”— Jawaharlal Nehru
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“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life.”— Subhas Chandra Bose
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“Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.”— Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”— Mahatma Gandhi
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”— Mahatma Gandhi
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“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”— William Faulkner
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“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”— James Madison
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“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”— Herbert Hoover
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“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”— John F. Kennedy
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“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”— Adlai Stevenson
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“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”— George Bernard Shaw
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”— Declaration of Independence, 1776
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”— Ronald Reagan
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“The essence of America—what really unites us—is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion. It’s an idea.”— Condoleezza Rice
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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”— Abraham Lincoln
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“A nation is not defined by its borders, but by the values of its people.”— Lester B. Pearson
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