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America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788-1824)

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, simply known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and peer. One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
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I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.

Lisa Loeb
American singer-songwriter and actress

Lisa Loeb is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and actress. She started her career with the number 1 hit song "Stay " from the film Reality Bites, the first number 1 single for an artist without a recording contract. She achieved two additional Top 20 singles with "Do You Sleep?" in 1996 and "I Do" in 1998. Her studio albums include two back-to-back albums that were certified gold; these were Tails and Firecracker.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

Lillian Hellman
American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)

Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism. She was blacklisted after her appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–1952. Although she continued to work on Broadway in the 1950s, her blacklisting by the American film industry caused a drop in her income. Many praised Hellman for refusing to answer questions by HUAC, but others believed, despite her denial, that she had belonged to the Communist Party.
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We cannot possibly reconcile the principle of democracy, which means cooperation, with the principle of governmental omniscience under which everyone waits for an order before doing anything. That way lies loss of freedom, and dictatorship.

Lewis H. Brown
American businessman

Lewis Herold Brown was an industrialist and former Chairman of Johns-Manville, once the world's largest manufacturer of asbestos and asbestos products.
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That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

Lester Maddox
American politician from Georgia (1915–2003)

Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. A populist Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, the Pickrick, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He later served as Georgia lieutenant governor under Jimmy Carter.
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A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

Leonard Peltier
Native American activist

Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and militant member of the American Indian Movement who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of aiding and abetting murder and has been imprisoned since 1977. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for aiding and abetting resulting in the death of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975 shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
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It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

Leo McKern
Australian actor

Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notable roles include Clang in Help! (1965), Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons (1966), Tom Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (1970), Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon (1980), Dr. Grogan in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Father Imperius in Ladyhawke (1985), and the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in the British television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He also portrayed Carl Bugenhagen in the first and second instalments of The Omen series, and was the most famous Number Two in the cult classic TV series The Prisoner.
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If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

Leo F. Buscaglia
Motivational speaker, writer

Felice Leonardo Buscaglia, also known as "Dr. Love", was an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California.
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The statue of liberty that will endure on this continent is not the one made of granite or bronze, but the one made of love of freedom

Lemuel K. Washburn
American free-thinking writer

Lemuel Kelley Washburn (1846–1927) was an American Freethought writer.
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School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.

Leigh Steinberg
American sports agent

Leigh William Steinberg is an American sports agent, philanthropist, and author. During his 41-year career, Steinberg has represented over 300 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and Olympic sports. He has represented the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft a record eight times. Steinberg is often credited as the real-life inspiration for the sports agent in Cameron Crowe's film Jerry Maguire in 1996.
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