Quotes about Freedom

“The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.”

“There can be no democracy without truth. There can be no truth without controversy, there can be no change without freedom. Without freedom there can be no progress.”

“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.”

“China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me.”

“A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.”

“Free men are the strongest men.”

“Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.”

“Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.”

“Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”

“Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.”

“I'm a multidimensional person and that's the freedom of fashion: that you're able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever.”

“When the media and even people within our own party treat minorities as a single voting block, it is a shocking display of identity politics and frankly, the kind of racism that is antithetical to our conservative values of freedom, merit and hard work.”

“The desire for freedom and equilibrium (harmony) is inherent in man (due to the universal in him).”

“Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.”

“All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.”

“As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and richest black people anywhere on the face of the earth including all of the nations that are ruled by blacks.”

“A threat to our freedom is a threat to our freedom, whether from a terrorist or from a trade deal.”

“It's nice to have boundaries, because as long as we have them, we can cross them a bit, and that's what perks interest. If you have full freedom, what do you do?”

“To silence criticism is to silence freedom.”

“We wish to work in total freedom.”

“I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!”