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But the Hebrew word, the word timshel--'Thou mayest'-- that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'--it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.
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freedom
timshel
freedom-of-choice
hebrew
language
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John Steinbeck |
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Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.
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equality
feminism
truth
inspirational
freedom-of-choice
fairness
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Joss Whedon |
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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
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politics
inspirational
freedom-of-choice
political-philosophy
government
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Ronald Reagan |
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Here is the trap you are in.... And it's not my trap--I haven't trapped you. Because abortions are illegal, women who need and want them have no choice in the matter, and you--because you know how to perform them--have no choice, either. What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman's freedom of choice, too. If abortion was legal, a woman would have a choice--and so would you. You could feel free not to do it because someone else would. But the way it is, you're trapped. Women are trapped. Women are victims, and so are you.
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women
freedom-of-choice
law
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John Irving |
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The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.
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freedom-of-expression
freedom-of-choice
freedom-of-speech
weapon
freedom-of-thought
weapons
protest
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Martin Luther King Jr. |
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He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say.
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freedom-of-choice
mysogyny
womens-rights
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John Irving |
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The common people will let it go, oh yes. They will sell liberty for a quieter life. That is why they must be prodded, prodded.
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freedom-of-choice
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Anthony Burgess |
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In place of the clear and rigid ancient law, You [oh Lord] made man decide about good and evil for himself, with no other guidance than Your example. But did it never occur to You that man would disregard Your example, even question it, as well as Your truth, when he was subjected to so fearful a burden as freedom of choice?
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divine-truth
freedom-of-choice
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky |