Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
More Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes
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At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want
Eleanor Roosevelt
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In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
Abraham Lincoln
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Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
