Quotes about Freedom

“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.”

“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

“For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.”

“In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.”

“We will be very persistent when it comes to enforcing freedom, justice, and self-determination on the European continent.”

“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”

“We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.”

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”

“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”

“The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.”

“The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.”

“When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.”

“Money equals freedom.”

“I think that what I have been truly searching for as a person, as a writer, as a thinker, as a daughter, is freedom. That is my mission. A sense of liberty, the liberty that comes not only from self-awareness but also from letting go of many things. Many things that weigh us down.”

“I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.”

“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.”

“The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.”

“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.”

“Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

“We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.”

“We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.”