Freedom Quotes
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety.
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
The supreme nobility of a Roman emperor does not consist in being a master of slaves, but in being a lord of free men, who loves freedom even in those who serve him.
The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.
We come here with no peaceful intent, but ready for battle, determined to avenge our wrongs and set our country free.
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.
Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.
The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win.
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains.
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class - it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.
As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.
Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
There is no power in the world that can stop the forward march of free men and women when they are joined in the solidarity of human brotherhood.
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else.
Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
