Freedom Quotes

Christ didn't leave us a book of instructions; He left us a body, a family - a Church. If it were perfectly clear, there wouldn't be any freedom.

Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ...but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom.

John Paul II spoke to the commoner and to the king, to the tyrant and to the democrat in that same language of freedom.

Freedom is not having a big budget.

This is real freedom-the ability to enjoy the choices we make in every successive moment of the present.

…find freedom, aliveness, and power not from what contains, locates, or protects us, but from what dissolves, reveals, and expands us.

Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.

To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master.

I think that the sweetest freedom for a man on earth consists in being able to live, if he likes, without having the need to work.

Terrible wars have been fought where millions have died for one idea - freedom. And it seems that something that means so much to so many people would be worth having.

I'm no saint, but there are times when I simply cannot sanction freedom from responsibility.

Our difficulties launch us into new states of consciousness where we are inspired to step out of the reality of our smallest thoughts and step into the limitless freedom of our biggest dreams.

Craving security is the cause of insecurity. Freedom is knowing that the only point of arrival is now.

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.

The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief in objective values, we perish.

Free of who I was, free of presence, free of dangerous fear, hope, free of mountainous wanting.

We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is critical to me.

Are you jealous of the ocean’s generosity? Why would you refuse to give this joy to anyone? Fish don’t hold the sacred liquid in cups! They swim the huge fluid freedom.

Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.

Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace.

The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.

I am proud and honored to be part of the America Supports You Freedom Walk to honor the victims of 9/11 and to support our men and women in uniform.

In the marketing society, we seek fulfillment but settle for abundance. Prisoners of plenty, we have the freedom to consume instead of our freedom to find our place in the world.

The greatest act of self-revelation occurs when we choose what we will believe, in that space of freedom that exists between knowing that a thing is, and knowing that a thing is not.

We cannot cut and run. If we are to ensure freedom and democracy, it is essential that we follow through on our obligation to bring about stability in Iraq.

I think that in today's world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course.

True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

Let it never be said of this generation of Americans that we became so obsessed with failure that we refused to take risks that could further the cause of peace and freedom in the world.

America must remain freedom's staunchest friend, for freedom is our best ally and it is the world's only hope to conquer poverty and preserve peace.

The aim is freedom conscience and truth

There's a real sense of freedom now. It's a good time to finish, I think. As much as I'm going to miss it I'm ready to move on and do different things.

Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it.

Remember that the Unification Church rose, not in freedom, but from a prison, the pit of suffering.

Freedom does not come automatically; it is achieved. And it is not gained in a single bound; it must be achieved each day.

Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible.

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience.

[Jazz] is a music of freedom and wonder. It's our indigenous art form, and I'm still blessed to travel around the world and people lay out the carpet for us, so it's quite touching.

Freedom is indivisible - there is no "s" on the end of it. You can erode freedom, diminish it, but you cannot divide it and choose to keep "some freedoms" while giving up others.

What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

Obamacare is not about health care. Obamacare is about the expansion of government and the total loss of freedom.

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in.

What we call the freedom of the individual is not just the luxury of one intellectual to write what he likes to write but his being a voice which can speak for those who are silent.

There will be no true freedom without virtue, no true science without religion, no true industry without the fear of God and love to your fellow citizens.

The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.

Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.

I call upon those who love freedom to stand with us now. Together we shall achieve victory.

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you're told.