Freedom Quotes

Kant does not regard freedom as an item of faith because it is too basic to our agency to be related to any end.

Freedom is an unprovable but unavoidable presupposition, not an article of faith.

Freedom is a permanent problem for us, both unavoidable and insoluble.

We can never prove that we are free or integrate our freedom in any way into our objective conception of the causal order of nature.

If the problem of free will is to see how freedom fits into the order of nature, then Kant's basic view about the free will problem is that it is insoluble.

Why should not the camera artist break away from the worn out conventions and claim the freedom of expression which any art must have to be alive.

The true liberation, the true path to freedom, lay in the ability to forgive.

I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.

Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects that interest me and there freedom of speech comes into it.

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass.

You teacher, teach your pupils freedom in thought and deed, honesty in thought and deed, and tolerance in thought and deed.

Freedom of the Spirit is the cornerstone of all freedom.

A man is either free or he is not.

Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.

The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule.

There is true freedom in letting go.

President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation of terrorists, saying 'We do not torture.' He added, 'We freedom electrocute.'

I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.

They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along.

Russia should recognize the freedom of countries, such as Ukraine, to choose their alliances.

We must all live so that our children do not have to pay for our deeds.

Freedom has no history.

After a devastating loss, your whole perspective shifts, and you're kind of in a blank space. You feel like on one side nothing matters, and on the other side a freedom because nothing matters.

Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us.

Time is the enemy of freedom.

We need a radically truthful way to acknowledge reproductive freedom.

When you make a break for freedom you don't necessarily find company on the way.

The freedom that comes with globalization is freedom for the rich and powerful nations to further exploit and further marginalize those at the bottom of the social ladder.

As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.

If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one feels the freedom to complain.

The American idea is as promising, imaginative, and full of the unexpected as the land itself. The land represents freedom - the frontier, the ability to make a new future with your own bare hands.

I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.

It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.

All freedom comes from discipline.

I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter: Joan of Arc in sunscreen.

I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom.

Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.

Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.

My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted to one purpose, to give back to India her ancient freedom.

Freedom is never very safe.

In the modern view, unbridled personal freedom is the only good to be pursued; any obstacle to it is a problem to be overcome.

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right.

Dreaming is a journey through wonder, surprise, and freedom.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

I have an interesting relationship with my voice. I give myself tons of freedom in how to engage with my voice because I respect it a lot.

Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

I'm a feminist, a 21st-century feminist - which means choice and freedom. One has the right to be both glamorous and ethically structured.

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

To the medieval mind a liberty was a right to the enjoyment of a specific property It was a freedom to do something with one's own without interference by the king or any other man.