Freedom Quotes
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
None can love freedom heartily but good men the rest love not freedom, but license.John Milton
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
I believe that freedom is the deepest need of every human soul.George W. Bush, Press Conference, White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.Robert Francis Kennedy
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price...Rabindranath Tagore
So long as faith with freedom reigns And loyal hope survives, And gracious charity remains To leaven lowly lives; While there is one untrodden tract For intellect or will, And men are free to think and act, Life is worth living still.Alfred Austin
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just... in between. I want the freedom to try everything.Jim Morrison
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.A. J. Liebling
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.Anais Nin
The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike.C. S. Lewis, The Poison of Subjectivism (from Christian Reflections; p. 108)
In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.Tiberius
We must determine whether we really want freedom - - whether we are willing to dare the perils of... rebirth... For we never take a step forward without surrendering something that we may have held dear, without dying to that which has been.Virginia Hanson
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.Alan Dean Foster "To the Vanishing Point".
I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in a rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them though life against the shafts of impartial evidence.Bertrand Russell, "Why I am Not a Christian".
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.James Madison
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.Corazn Cojuangco Aquino
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.Justice William O. Douglas
Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.Author Unknown
Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.John G. Riefenbake
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.Robert F. Bennett
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
Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk about freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered they were not Indians at all, but dirty clothes hampers.Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
The way to final freedom is within thy self.The Book of the Golden Precepts
All we have of freedom - - All we use or know - - This our fathers bought for us, long and long ago.Rudyard Kipling
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.John Milton
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.J. Michael Straczynski
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
For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength.George Orwell, Book "1984".
I want freedom for the full expression on my personality.Mahatma Gandhi
Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of al evil, the sum of all blessings.Carl Sandburg
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.Aung San Suu Kyi
There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.Ilya Ehrenburg
The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.David Riesman
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.Arnold J. Toynbee
They do not leave home without American Express. ... Blame the moral carelessness that parents pass off as the gift of freedom as they cut their children loose like colorful kites and wish them an exciting flight.Roger Rosenblatt
