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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
Kahlil GibranverifiedThe Prophet·1923
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She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world
Kate ChopinverifiedThe Awakening·1899
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The fundamental principle of scientific pedagogy must be, indeed, the liberty of the pupil;--such liberty as shall permit a development of individual, spontaneous manifestations of the child's nature.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
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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.
Thomas PaineverifiedCommon Sense·1776
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When the world was over run with tyranny the least remove therefrom was a glorious rescue.
Thomas PaineverifiedCommon Sense·1776