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One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism that revealed those errors and pointed them out.

Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.

I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That's one of the things you learn not to know.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

You know I used to sit there and I'd go outside and play ball and everything, but now in my free time I just kind of lay back and relax because this atmosphere is so busy and stressful, so anytime I can sleep, you'd best believe I'm sleepin'.

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.

If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I still hung on to an idea that had been set deep in me by all my schooling so far: I was a bright boy and I ought to make something out of myself... something else that would be a cut or two above my humble origins.

Half-jokingly, I asked what was wrong with me. So we made a deal: I would run his biological research provided I had a free hand to run my new project.

January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government.

No one is free who does not lord over himself.

Free trade should not mean free labor.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

You can only be free if I am free.

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the free world, a vision that toppled the Communist empire and freed countless millions.

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations.

For people on social assistance, the loss of free dental care, prescription drugs and subsidized housing can greatly outweigh additional income from working. We've all heard the stories.

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.