Freedom Quotes

Art for me is the science of freedom.

It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom.

History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.

Freedom to me is a luxury of being able to follow the path of the heart, to keep the magic in your life. Freedom is necessary for me in order to create, and if I cannot create I don’t feel alive.

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

I have discovered that my freedom is within me, and nothing can destroy it.

We will never, never sell our freedom for capital or technical aid. We stand for freedom at any cost.

Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.

Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom.

People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.

United States: the country where liberty is a statue.

The whole secret of freedom from anxiety over not having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper planning of the hours.

I am God! I am nothing, I'm play, I am freedom, I am life. I am the boundary, I am the peak.

Place is security, space is freedom.

Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.

Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.

No borders, just horizons - only freedom.

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.

Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him.

When we return wild animals to nature, we merely return them to what is already theirs. For man cannot give wild animals freedom, they can only take it away.

By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance.

I Became a free woman when I decided to stop dreaming, freedom that is waiting for nothing .. and anticipation is a state of slavery

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then and only then will truth]prevail over fanaticism.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.

Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

I want a society free of human trafficking

Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.

Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me. I escape, one way or another. No more walls.

When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.

And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free, as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

Democracy is the best revenge.