Freedom Quotes

Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

The greatest mistake we can make is to stay on the ground after falling.

Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

People are responsible adults at home. Why do we suddenly transform them into adolescents with no freedom when they reach the workplace?

Work freely and rollickingly as though you were talking to a friend who loves you. Mentally (at least three or four times a day) thumb your nose at all know-it-alls, jeerers, critics, doubters.

I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.

Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights.

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.

Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.

With fear, possessiveness enters the picture, then jealousy rears its ugly head. Jealousy is the opposite of desiring life and freedom of choice for one's partner.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.

When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.

I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.

Take not from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

The flag still stands for freedom and they can't take that away.

Why climb? For the natural experience; for the danger that draws us ever on; for the feeling of total freedom; for the monstrous drop beneath you. It is like a drug.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

Popular suffrage is in itself no guarantee of freedom. People can vote themselves into slavery.

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the idea of freedom.

Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.

The ultimate destiny of the human race is the greatest moral perfection, provided that it is achieved through human freedom, whereby alone man is capable of the greatest happiness.

Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge... At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Liberty is always freedom from the government.

Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.

liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press

The end goal is to get everybody chipped, to control the whole society, to have the bankers and the elite people control the world.

To be oneself is being neither under bond nor borrowed nor sold nor hired. To be, means to be spiritually free.

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

"Salvation is always "good news." It is news of God's love and forgiveness-adoption into His family- fellowship with His people-freedom from the penalty of sin- liberation from the power of sin."

...the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom. The only real security is... living in the present and accepting it as it is now.

The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labours of cabinets and foreign offices.

Do you know what I think white people wholly own? I think freedom of speech is a white thing. This is something that white people do. I think governments, this is a white thing.

I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.

Creativity is the mystery of freedom.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.

There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

The substance, the essence, the Spirit is freedom.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

A secret freedom opens through a crevice you can barely see.

Parliament is more than procedure - it is the custodian of the nation's freedom.