UMP meeting 22 April
Pierre Trudeau (1919–2000) 15th Prime Minister of Canada
Comment referring to the 1968 student protests in Paris, patterned after the 1967 remarks of Charles de Gaulle in Montreal on Quebec independence from Canada: "Vive le Québec libre!" (Long live free Quebec!), quoted in The Lima News (11 December 1968)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
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.
“Some books leave us free and some books make us free.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872–1930) British politician
Speech to the Constitutional Club (20 November 1923), quoted in The Times (21 November 1923), p. 17
“I'm bothered by the fact that stupid people don't spontaneously combust, which they should.”
Erik Naggum (1965–2009) Norwegian computer programmer
Re: A draft business plan for free software LISP vendors http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/3bb9094cbc310a0f (Usenet article). <br class="br">Usenet articles, Miscellaneous
Barney Frank (1940) American politician, former member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts
Frank commenting on legislation to remove federal criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use. CNN Newsroom : Rep. Barney Frank's Marijuana Bill http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0807/30/cnr.05.html (30 July 2008)]
Evo Morales (1959) Bolivian politician
Statement told to his supporters at airport near La Paz after his flight was hold for 13 hours in Vienna, Austria after it was suspected that Edward Snowden was traveling with him on board. July 3, 2013. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/07/05/2003566380
