Quotes about Freedom

“I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”

“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.”

“One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.”

“From its conception and that one and only meeting, 'HITNRUN' took about 90 days to prepare its release. If that's what freedom feels like, 'HITNRUN' is what it sounds like.”

“Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.”

“The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines that inviolability is a challenge to the rights of every Catholic to freedom of religion and conscience.”

“Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.”

“Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.”

“We breathed the air of freedom without knowing the language or any person.”

“Black prophetic fire is the hypersensitivity to the suffering of others that generates a righteous indignation that results in the willingness to live and die for freedom.”

“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”

“They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.”

“If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom.”

“Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.”

“Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.”

“We're trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram. Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.”

“Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.”

“I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.”

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”

“I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.”

“Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.”