Freedom Quotes

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them.

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of.

To freemen, threats are impotent.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.

Merely to breathe freely does not mean to live.

So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.

It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.

There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

Jazz stands for freedom.

The language of science—and especially of a science of man—is, necessarily, anti-individualistic, and hence a threat to human freedom and dignity.

The creation of freedom for oneself and a sacred "No" even to duty -- for that, my brothers, the lion is needed.

Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement.

I really feel like indie films are where I learn to be a better actor, especially because they always give you a bit more freedom to collaborate.

Until economic freedom is attained for everybody, there can be no real freedom for anybody.

Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

To do something for someone or something you loved-England or Shakespeare or a dog or the Hodbins or history-wasn't a sacrifice at all. Even if it cost you your freedom, your life, your youth.

Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the way of human happiness.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy

Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul's freedom.

For the past two centuries, those who do not prize freedom have chipped away at every major clause of our Constitution until today we face a crisis of great dimensions.

In duty the individual acquires his substantive freedom

A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.

The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one I know is freedom of thought and action.

Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.

Freedom is nothing but the distance between the hunter and the hunted.

Freedom has become a commodity whose availability, paradoxically, keeps society in check. The threat of its loss seems to enable us to tolerate its imposition.

Force is the antithesis of freedom, but force must be used, if only to defend against other force.

America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.

There's no such thing as part freedom.

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.

If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . . only through discipline may a man learn to be free.

The freedom to think out loud on certain topics, without fear of being hounded into hiding or killed, has already been lost.

Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.

Tolerating imperfections is the price of freedom.

Hegel was the first to state correctly the relation between freedom and necessity. To him, freedom is the insight into necessity.

I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.

Here was the freedom I desired, long sought-for, not yet known Freedom to write, to walk, to wander, freedom to climb hills, to pull a boat, to be alone.

But it takes a lot of money to live freely by the sea.

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.

Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together with saint: such is mankind's supreme model.

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

Oh, Liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright! Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.