Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.

James Baldwin

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Nature of freedom Liberation Freedom

Author

James Baldwin

Source

Notes for a Hypothetical Novel Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son

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Essay

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Black writer Writer

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United States

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Baldwin, James. "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel." Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son. Dial Press, 1961.

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Another quote from the 1960s

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Topic
American resolve American politics
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John F. Kennedy
Source
Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Freedom

If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

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Topic
Freedom of speech and expression Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

George Orwell
Source
Times Literary Supplement
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1950 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Orwell, George. "The Freedom of Press." Times Literary Supplement. News UK, 15 Sept. 1972.