Quotes about Freedom

“Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.”

“Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.”

“The freedom of every artist is essential.”

“I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.”

“Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.”

“Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.”

“Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.”

“Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.”

“When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.”

“America has always been a land of freedom that teaches you that the sky is the limit that you will succeed or you will fail based upon your ability and your effort. And every phrase of the sentence that I just uttered has been smothered in a soft pillow of entitlement, victimhood and security.”

“Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.”

“Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.”

“You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.”

“The freedom of man is, in political liberalism, freedom from persons, from personal dominion, from the master; the securing of each individual person against other persons, personal freedom.”

“To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.”

“Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it.”

“While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.”

“America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.”

“I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.”

“We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation.”

“The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.”