Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
From a collection of hundreds of quotes set to music and available online at Maharaji's personal website http://www.maharaji.net/ (2001)
2000s
Speech to the Industrial League of Orange County (14 March 1991) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108266 <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial
Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader
From a collection of hundreds of quotes set to music and available online at Maharaji's personal website http://www.maharaji.net/ (2001)
2000s
“A people free to choose will always choose peace.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Variant: A people free to choose will always choose peace
Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) Ukrainian anti-communist
Source https://gazeta.ua/articles/opinions-journal/_koli-pomizh-hlibom-i-svobodoyu-narod-obiraye-hlib-vin-zreshtoyu-vtrachaye-vse-akscho-obiraye-svobodu-matime-viroschenij-nim-i-nikim-ne-vidibranij-hlib/876589
“To choose evil is to choose freedom—“freedom, emancipation from all restraint.””
Georges Bataille (1897–1962) French intellectual and literary figure
Source: On Nietzsche (1945), p. xxxiv, note
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954) Current President of Egypt
Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c. <br class="br">2013
Tony Benn (1925–2014) British Labour Party politician
Interview with Michael Moore in the movie Sicko (2007).
2000s
David Allen (1945) American productivity consultant and author
23 November 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/139536702476783616 <br class="br"> Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Variant: Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Source: The Zahir