Freedom Quotes

Martin Luther King (Jr.) during the civil rights movement used to exclaim that he looked forward to heaven where he would be "Free at last." That is the inscription on his tomb in Atlanta.

Freedom means more than just struggling to survive.

I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.

I like the freedom that comes with lowered expectations.

If you have freedom of speech, you have freedom of speech.

For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.

In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object.

In the last few days when I was not even the manager of England my freedom was taken away from me and that is not the coaching I am used to.

Hillary Clinton hates Julian Assange, she is just an adversary of internet freedom.

Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation.

The mind is the world and the no-mind is freedom from the world. The mind is misery and no-mind is the end of misery and the beginning of ecstasy.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.

You call it a 'loophole' when the government still allows you some freedom.

You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him.

I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.

It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices.

I believe the Republican Party is the party of the open door. Our party is the party of opportunity and freedom and equality, and it always will remain such.

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.

But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.

Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change.

Day after day we must remember we can take freedom for granted. Day after day we must keep the bond between freedom and other values in mind.

I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.

Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known even existed.

We are runaway slaves from our own past, and only by turning to face the hounds can we find our freedom beyond them.

The only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.

Freedom is not doing what you want when you want. Freedom is the power to do what has to be done when it needs to be done.

Especially when you are advertising a product, I talk to the photographer and we create a character - it always gives you more freedom because it makes it less about yourself.

If you cannot be free be as free as you can.

The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.

At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.

Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments.

Freedom which has genuine meaning is more than a timeless abstraction, more than an absence of restraints.

Keynes, far from being a wholehearted lover of freedom, viewed with some sympathy the fascist and Communist ‘experiments’ of the 1930s.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.

America, to me, is freedom.

The difference between freedom and slavery is one thin line

...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy's onset.

To be baptized means to make the passage with the people of Israel and with Jesus from slavery to freedom and from death to new life. It is a commitment to a life in and through Jesus.

Some say that I was once uncommonly beautiful, but I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.

Like mercy from heaven's gate, there's a freedom in your arms that carries me through. I need you.

I believe in freedom for everyone, not just the black man.

There is no other planning for freedom and general welfare than to let the market system work.

This decision is an illustration that freedom of speech still protects average people sitting on a street corner singing.

When you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion.

Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.

Our Nation owes a lasting debt of gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the the lives and liberty of others.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

Despots and democratic majorities are drunk with power.

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. -(from "The Bicentennial Man) story)