Freedom Quotes

Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.

Let the generations know that women in uniform also guaranteed their freedom.

Only through freedom and environmental experience is it practically possible for human development to occur.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

A teacher in search of his/her own freedom may be the only kind of teacher who can arouse young persons to go in search of their own

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Freedom, baby, is never having to say youre sorry.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression.

To make people free is the aim of art, therefore art for me is the science of freedom.

Interesting things happen when the creative impulse is cultivated with curiosity, freedom and intensity.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

I do not wish to give (women) a first place, still less a second one- but the complete freedom to take their true place, whatever it may be.

Unless the will is free, man has no freedom; and if he has no freedom he is not a moral agent, that is, he is incapable of moral action and also of moral character.

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.

The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

Nil desperandum, -- Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.

Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.

The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Life in itself is an empty canvas; it becomes whatsoever you paint on it. You can paint misery, you can paint bliss. This freedom is your glory.

It is important not to confuse freedom with mere permissiveness

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

Those prepared to give their lives in freedom's cause, come over to me.

A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

It is easy to be conspicuously 'compassionate' if others are being forced to pay the cost.

My energy comes from freedom and a rebellious spirit.

I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.