Famous Quotes
- In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
- Abraham Lincoln on Freedom
- In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
- Henri Frederic Amiel on Freedom
- In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.
- Noam Chomsky on Freedom
- In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
- Will Durant on Freedom
- In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
- Frederic Bastiat on Freedom
- In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
- Desmond Tutu on Freedom
- In terms of filming, yes, it really does feel over now. There's a real sense of freedom now. It's a good time to finish, I think. As much as I'm going to miss it I'm ready to move on and do different things.
- Rupert Grint on Freedom
- In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.
- Roberto Cavalli on Freedom
- In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.
- Ivan Turgenev on Freedom
- In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.
- Richard Stallman on Freedom
- In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
- Bernard Baruch on Freedom
- In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.
- Noam Chomsky on Freedom
- In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
- John F. Kennedy on Freedom
- In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.
- Noam Chomsky on Freedom
- In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.
- Michael Burgess on Freedom
- Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction.
- Charles Horton Cooley on Freedom
- Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.
- Michael Bloomberg on Freedom
- Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.
- Tim Robbins on Freedom
- Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.
- Shimon Peres on Freedom
- Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
- John F. Kennedy on Freedom
- It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion.
- Steve Winwood on Freedom
- It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
- Samuel Adams on Freedom
- It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.
- Thomas Mann on Freedom
- It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.
- Bryant H. McGill on Freedom
- It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
- Mark Twain on Freedom
- It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
- Camille Paglia on Freedom
- It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
- It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.
- It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
- Benjamin Britten on Freedom
- It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.
- Leo McKern on Freedom
- It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.
- Michael Bloomberg on Freedom
- It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.
- Mary Richards on Freedom
- It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.
- James Bovard on Freedom
- It is not natural or inevitable that half the world goes hungry that the freedom of markets trumps protection of the planet or that citizens' rights come second to those of corporations.
- Frances O'Grady on Freedom
- It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
- Quentin Crisp on Freedom
- It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.
- Rosanne Cash on Freedom
- It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
- Corazon Aquino on Freedom
- It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them.
- Godfrey Reggio on Freedom
- It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
- It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears from every country over which England is enabled to obtain control.
- Henry Charles Carey on Freedom
- It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself.
- Charles Kuralt on Freedom
- It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.
- Florence Welch on Freedom
- It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace.
- Ernest Istook on Freedom
- It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.
- Anna Paquin on Freedom
- Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States.
- Dave Brubeck on Freedom
- Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.
- Dave Brubeck on Freedom
- Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
- Nancy Pelosi on Freedom
- Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
- Willie Stargell on Freedom
- Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
- John Bolton on Freedom
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