Freedom Quotes

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's.

Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.

I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in - like peace and justice and freedom.

Science cannot destroy the consciousness of freedom, without which there is no morality and no art, but it can refute it.

In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom.

In the cage there is food, not much, but there is food-outside are only great stretches of freedom.

Money gives me just one big thing that's really important, and that's the freedom of not having to worry about money.

The very freedom and expressiveness we find missing in life we find present in art.

We must defend freedom of expression and if I had to chose, I prefer the excess of caricature over the excess of censure.

Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.

The struggle for freedom is not the struggle of the many against the few, but of minorities, sometimes of a minority of but one man gainst the majority.

Fashion is a declaration of your own freedom.

Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw.

Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

The only real freedom we have left is the home. Only there can we express anything we want.

Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable.

Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race?

I guard my treasures: my thoughts, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom.

Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.

By persistent and sustained practice, anyone and everyone can make the yoga journey and reach the goal of illumination and freedom.

I must settle for freedom in this modern time

A tyrst with destiny - A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom

All over this world people are standing up for freedom.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

Freedom from desire leads to inner peace.

Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never "heard of."

As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.

I think it is important to do what you believe in and ignore the critics.

Death smells like homemade applesauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling scent of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.

We long to connect; we fear that if we do, our freedom and individuality will disappear.

We can either have a free Parliament or a free people. Personal freedom requires that all authority is restrained by long-run principles which the opinion of the people approves.

The German people are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want a war, but does not fear it. It loves peace but also loves its honor and freedom

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

An angry enemy encroached on our lives, our territory, our freedom and our independence.

Culture is an indispensable weapon in the freedom struggle.

The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

Seeing into one's self-nature is seeing into nothingness. Seeing into nothingness is true seeing & eternal seeing

Every virtuous man is free.

America is a country where they have freedom of speech but everyone says the same thing.

It’ll be the ballot or it’ll be the bullet. It’ll be liberty or it’ll be death. And if you’re not ready to pay that price don’t use the word freedom in your vocabulary.

If you love someone, set them free.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.

IsoldA: The only way to be alone is to behave as though we are alone already.

Our civil rights have no dependence upon our religious opinions more than our opinions in physics or geometry.