2009, A New Beginning (June 2009)
Context: People in every country should be free to choose and live their faith based upon the persuasion of the mind, and the heart, and the soul. This tolerance is essential for religion to thrive, but it is being challenged in many different ways. […] Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
William Smith O'Brien (1803–1864) Irish nationalist politician (1803-1864)
p. 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=4VUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20 <br class="br">Principles of Government: Or Meditations in Exile (1856), Chapter II. On Centralized and Local Administration
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Original: (zh-CN) 民主自由都是相对的，不是绝对的，都是在历史上发生和发展的。在人民内部，民主是对集中而言，自由是对纪律而言。这些都是一个统一体的两个矛盾着的侧面，它们是矛盾的，又是统一的，我们不应当片面地强调某一个侧面而否定另一个侧面。在人民内部，不可以没有自由，也不可以没有纪律；不可以没有民主，也不可以没有集中。这种民主和集中的统一，自由和纪律的统一，就是我们的民主集中制。在这个制度下，人民享受着广泛的民主和自由；同时又必须用社会主义的纪律约束自己。这些道理，广大人民群众是懂得的。
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2001, Address to Joint Session of Congress on Administration Goals (February 2001)
Arie de Geus (1930) Dutch businessman
Arie de Geus, in: " Arie de Geus: The Thought Leader http://www.strategy-business.com/article/17421?gko=cedb2," in: Strategy & Business. April 1, 2001, Nr 22-25. p. 26
“Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom.”
Mitt Romney (1947) American businessman and politician
Faith in America speech, 2007
Context: Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.
“Whether or not we can get together, remember well that art “lives” where absolute freedom is.”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Source: The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996), p. 156
Context: Whether or not we can get together, remember well that art “lives” where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind (if there is such a verbal substance) perfectly unaware of its own working, with the “self” vanishing nowhere, the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
2010s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (July 20, 2016)
“In the end, people have to learn to live together.”
Terry Gilliam (1940) American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
Terry Gilliam's flying circus (2006)
Context: In the end, people have to learn to live together. That is what I didn't like about America — it is so homogeneous. I like places where there are people who are different culturally, physically, in every way. And I like to see how they succeed in living together.
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
By any means necessary: speeches, interviews, and a letter (1970)
