"Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics...derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates."

-- Benjamin Franklin

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“Even if you fulfill your hearts desire, by sacrificing something important, you may not necessarily be happy. Happiness doesnâ€™t come in one form, it determined by your own heart.”
“When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.”
“Take your hurt feelings and channel them into political activism.”
“Frederick Buechner can find grace and redemption even in the shoddiest, phoniest aspects of a cultural wasteland. One reads Lion Country...with hope and delight.”
“Songs, stories are beyond value; they are the memory and wisdom of a people, the particular individual rivers of the sea of life which constitutes us all.”

Source : Rudy Wiebe (2003). “Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic”, Newest Press
“I want my son to wear a helmet 24 hours a day. If it was socially acceptable I'd be the first one to have my kid in a full helmet and like a cage across his face mask.”
“To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit...”

Source : Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub
“I keep working mainly because my wife and I spend most of our time touring the country doing our own plays.”

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