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You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human masters. You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human masters.

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Christianity | Christians | slavery | freedom

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Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

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freedom | Jesus Christ | Holy Spirit

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You may be able to conquer a person's tongue, but not his heart. You may be able to conquer a person's tongue, but not his heart.

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force | belief | freedom

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I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me—to fight ourselv... - MORE I wish most sincerely there was not a slave in this province. It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme to me—to fight ourselves for what we are daily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedom as we have.

Abigail Adams

slavery | freedom

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Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery. Willingly no one chooses the yoke of slavery.

Aeschylus

slavery | freedom

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For know that no one is free, except Zeus. For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

Aeschylus

gods | freedom

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Wild honey smells of freedom
The dust—of sunlight... - MORE Wild honey smells of freedom
The dust—of sunlight
The mouth of a young girl, like a violet
But gold—smells of nothing.

Anna Akhmatova

money | freedom

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It almost alarms me how free I feel on the ice. I don't think about the hospital or the groceries or the kids—I'm just in touch ... - MORE It almost alarms me how free I feel on the ice. I don't think about the hospital or the groceries or the kids—I'm just in touch with myself. It's exciting when your whole body is moving in synchronous motion.

Tenley Albright

ice skating | freedom

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to fasten into order enlarging grasps of disorder, widening
scope, but enjoying the freedom that... - MORE to fasten into order enlarging grasps of disorder, widening
scope, but enjoying the freedom that
Scope eludes my grasp, that there is no finality of vision,
that I have perceived nothing completely,
that tomorrow a new walk is a new walk.

Archie Randolph Ammons

freedom

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The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill... - MORE The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

Maya Angelou

freedom

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