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I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves
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Why do they expect virtue from a slave, or from a being whom the constitution of civil society has rendered weak, if not vicious?
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Free trade in labour and equality of training, intellectual or physical, is essential if the organic aptitudes of a sex or class are to be determined.
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Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people.
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neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with the equal protection principle when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they are women, full citizenship stature -- equal opportunity to aspire, achieve, participate in and contribute to society based on their individual talents and capacities
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This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again
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The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.
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You can do what you want to do, and it is your right and privilege to follow the business or avocation which will be most congenial and pleasant.
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The general proposition that freedom of expression upon public questions is secured by the First Amendment has long been settled by our decisions.
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Convince me that liberty is not the inalienable birthright of every human being, of whatever complexion or clime, and I will give that instrument to the consuming fire.
William Lloyd Garrisonverified·No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York·February 14, 1854
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One's beliefs have long been thought to be sanctuaries which government could not invade.
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Free speech has occupied an exalted position because of the high service it has given our society.
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The right to speak freely and to promote diversity of ideas and programs is therefore one of the chief distinctions that sets us apart from totalitarian regimes.
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The vitality of civil and political institutions in our society depends on free discussion.
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As indispensable to the preservation of our system of self-government, the independence of the representatives of the States and the people is guaranteed by the Constitution, and they owe no responsibility to any human power but their constituents.