Freedom Quotes
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants it is the creed of slaves.William Pitt
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.Pythagorus
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.Bertrand Russell
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.Frank Herbert, Dune
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given Freedom is something that people take and people are as free as they want to be.James Arthur Baldwin
The freedom fighters of Nicaragua... are the moral equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men and women of the French Resistance.Ronald Reagan
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.James A. Garfield, July 12, 1880
The way to final freedom is within thy self.The Book of the Golden Precepts
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - But that could change.Dan Quayle, 5/22/89
We first have to find the way of freedom from involvement before we can introduce freedom in involvement.Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.John F. Kennedy
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.Jim Morrison
A society that puts equality... ahead of freedom will end up with neither.Milton Friedman
The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.Thucydides
I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.Edgar Watson Howe
I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.George W. Bush, Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their ideas, they cease to be children and savages and begin to live like civilized men. Then only is freedom a reality, when men may voice their opinions because they must examine their opinions.Walter Lippmann
Men want the same thing from women and their underwear: support, comfort, and freedom.Jerry Seinfeld, Seinfeld
America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well - wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.John Quincy Adams
I love freedom for what I can do with it, I hate freedom for what I have done with it.Christian Longe
Solitude is the beginning of all freedom.William Orville Douglas
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of fear is a freedom.Marilyn Ferguson
I am old enough to know that victory is often a thing deferred, and rarely at the summit of courage... What is at the summit of courage, I think, is freedom. The freedom that comes with the knowledge that no earthly think can break you.Paula Giddings
None can love freedom heartily but good men the rest love not freedom, but license.John Milton
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.Norman Thomas
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.Mark Twain
Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.John G. Riefenbake
Freedom is a clear conscience.Periande
Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.Jiddu Krishnamurti
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.Bob Dylan
Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity to choose between different sorts of bondage, bondage to desire or self esteem, or bondage to the light that lightens all our lives.Sri Madhava
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...Bell Hooks
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression.Malcolm X
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.Franklin D. Roosevelt
The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.George W. Bush, speech, November 19, 1999
