Freedom Quotes

The more laws that governments pass, the less individual freedom there is. Any student of history will tell you that. Totalitarian countries ban pretty much everything.

The tyrant claims freedom to kill freedom, and yet keep it for himself.

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

Somehow freedom for religious expression has become freedom from religious expression.

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

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.

He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.

Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us.

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

I am for freedom of religion, and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendency of one sect over another.

Labor in the white skin can never free itself as long as labor in the black skin is branded.

Skepticism, not cleanliness, is next to godliness. Skepticism is the father of freedom. It is like the pry that holds open the door for truth to slip in.

People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back.

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether.

Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it... Hilarious.

Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

People demand freedom only when they have no power.

I cannot approve of monarchs who want to rule over the conscience of the people, and take away their freedom of choice and religion.

Freedom of expression has a responsibility by those people who espouse it in the West, in particular non-Muslims.

The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.

For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination.

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living--a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

Freedom and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than pedestals for a few.

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.

It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.

I never get myself in a situation where I don't have creative freedom.

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas.

When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.

I should not dare to call my soul my own.

I was born in Turkey in an extremely oppressive climate at the time of pogroms, massacres, really. An immigrant appreciates the freedom more.

Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.

Freedom is not only a gift, but a summons to personal responsibility.

How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free.

And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.

Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.

The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another.