What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
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Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.Robert Green Ingersoll
A believer is a bird in a cage, a free-thinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.
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In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.
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Few rich men own their property; their property owns them.
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There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.
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The way to be happy is to make others so.
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