But only in their dreams can men be truly free. 'Twas always thus, and always thus will be.

Dead Poets Society

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Freedom Dreams

Speaker

John Keating

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Dead Poets Society

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Drama (film) Teen Drama

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Dead Poets Society. Directed by Peter Weir, Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV, 1989.

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

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