Freedom Quotes

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.

Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.

I think I appeal to people who are living in the margins because of their identity and who need to feel freedom somewhere.

Birth control is the means by which woman attains basic freedom.

It had been wishful thinking, plain and simple, dangerous for me to indulge in. Hope, happiness and freedom were not in my future.

I discovered that forgiveness is a path to freedom.

The price for Jarrod's freedom is to be my imprisonment.

Freedom has its risks.

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will see to it that no one is harmed just because of her beliefs.

In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters.

Self-Reliance is a prerequisite to the complete freedom to act.

I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.

It takes a long time to build democracy, to build freedom.

Time and space, and freedom. That's what I want most. Isn't that true for all of us?

Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price.

The Point, not unlike the Communist Chinese, the ACLU abhors individual religious freedom, and it supports only those civil liberties that fit its narrow political agenda.

Tyranny is abhorrent, freedom benefits all, whereas violence benefits no one for long.

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlightened me to not being afraid to express myself.

We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

To be what no one ever was, to be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those extremes that fence all effort in.

I think this conflict [against terrorism] is going to require a suspension of freedom and rights unlike anything we have ever seen, at least since World War II.

True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you’re already learning how to make it less harmful.

When a profession is protected by academic freedom and tenure, it tends to turn inward. To a large extent that's good.

When you value people, you give them freedom.

As you would expect, the loss of freedom and the lack of privacy are extremely difficult... I want you to know that I am well. I am safe, fit and healthy.

Laughter is taken as a sign of strength, freedom, health, beauty, youth, and happiness.

We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.

I have a dream, one dream, keep dreaming. Dream of freedom, justice dreaming, dreaming of equality and hopefully no longer required to dream them

When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.

My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.

I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.

I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.

God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.

It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence.

I have a dream... I have a dream today... And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.

I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.

The only thing I really wanted was the freedom to be able to get what I want on film. I’ve dealt with the MPAA since 1973, so I know how to renegotiate and rework.

Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing, let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong... it's Independence Day.

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more.

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it

I am free when I am functioning here in time and space as the creative will. ... freedom by our definition is obedience to the law of one's nature.

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom.

When man, governed by reasonable laws, enjoys his natural freedom, let him despise woman, if she do not share it with him.

The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.

Our detachments move us toward freedom and death.

Freedom is the moment between sleep and waking before selfhood and the world return.

Progress stems from education, culture, freedom and equality. Without these fundamentals, mankind will flounder.

The ideal life is you don't sell a single magazine, nobody's interested, but they want to come see your movie. Because that gives you true freedom.