Freedom Quotes

Recover the source of all strength in yourself, and all else will be added to you ... political freedom, the mastery of human thought, the hegemony of the world.

We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.

The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.

I have served one idea, marched under one banner - war against all imposed authority - against every kind of deprivation of freedom, in the name of the absolute independence of the individual.

Freedom is the total absence of concern about yourself.

Does freedom have a meaning if you're trapped in your ways?

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus taught: Pleasure, defined as freedom from pain, is the highest good.

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you.

I'm for freedom, which I believe is a universal value that every human being is and that is a gift from God.

Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader.

It’s very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party.

The right to be respected is won by respecting others.

Democracy's my idea. I do not agree with communists, my acts prove. Free press in Cuba - free ideas, freedom religion belief.

One of the things that make motorcycling so great is because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and adventure.

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute.

Make no mistake - they're coming for our guns. And we freedom-loving gun lovers are totally defenseless! Other than, you know, the guns.

A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

I'm beginning to think theres more freedom in North korea sometimes than there is in the United States.

Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you want. Nobody tells you what to do.

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.

Our expectation in ourselves must be higher than our expectation in others.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

When widely followed public figures feel free to say anything, without any fact-checking, it becomes impossible for a democracy to think intelligently about big issues.

If ever it's necessary to ride the bandwagon, it's done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.

Punk rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as it's good and it has passion.

The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.

With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.

I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.

What is society but an individual? [] The ocean is not society; it is individuals. This was how I managed to gain a modicum of freedom from my terror at the illusion of the ocean called the world.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets.

No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority.

I'm not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.

Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it!

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.