Freedom Quotes

While Democrats fussed with the details of health care reforms, conservatives spent months telling the nation that the real issue is freedom, that what's on the line is American liberty itself.

Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through.

Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic.

To drive a car in rural America is freedom. Before I had a car, I'd never seen a rock and roll show, I'd never seen a comic or a show.

This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future.

The precondition to freedom is security.

My gift to you will be to take away your freedom of choice for a while. Freedom can be very unhealthy and unproductive. Instead, you'll have freedom from choice.

Conservatives tend to believe there is a close and necessary connection between prosperity and freedom - that economic freedom is an essential part of human freedom.

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.

The individual cannot exist on his/her own and the collectivism should respect freedom of conscience. My struggle is about the freedom of thought.

The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from fear.

No one can give you freedom but you.

Corporations have at different times been so far unable to distinguish freedom of speech from freedom of lying that their freedom has to be curbed.

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

Liberty (individual freedom) is the prize, responsibility the price.

It is important that social, political, and religious freedoms grow in China. A society which recognizes religious freedom is a society which will recognize political freedom as well.

I love free speech.

This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country.

We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.

What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

Liberalism is a force truly of the spirit proceeding from the deep realization that economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

I'm tired of the ayatollahs of the right wing. We're fighting for freedom in Iraq. We're going to fight for freedom in America.

True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.

Turn up for work. Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?

Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom of expression.

What has been violated here is your freedom of choice, and every woman's freedom of choice, too.

Nothing puts the dignity in personal dignity (or the freedom in personal freedom) like the self in self-rule.

What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.

The price of freedom is to allow freedom. Very few people are willing to pay the price.

That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.

After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you.

Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around and into a church and acting like KGB agents.

Give your freedom to someone or to something and then look at yourself what have you got? I tell you, you've got nothing left!

Here is the best wish for the new year: Let there be more freedom of thought throughout the world! Fields need rain; truths need freedom of thought!

I condemn all incidents of violence where religious minorities were targeted, no religious group can incite violence ... my government will ensure there is complete freedom of faith.

Perhaps this is the ultimate freedom, eh, Dreamlord? The freedom to leave.

Music lovers always want to hear the best. It's about freedom of choice, we supply the music.

To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has resonated through society for centuries.

But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.

The Constitution does not guarantee freedom of worship - it guarantees freedom of religion. And this is what I call America's first freedom...

The logic of freedom of religion implies freedom to be an atheist, even though, from a historical perspective, this has not been accepted in the Muslim world.

... the absolute freedom of woman will be the dawn of the day of man's regeneration. In raising her he will elevate himself.

The law for religious freedom... [has]put down the aristocracy of the clergy and restored to the citizen the freedom of the mind.

but I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric.