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Freedom Quotes
"Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go."
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"We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure."
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"All I wanted was to live a life where I could be me, and be okay with that. I had no need for material possessions, money or even close friends with me on my journey. I never understood people very well anyway, and they never seemed to understand me very well either. All I wanted was my art and the chance to be the creator of my own world, my own reality. I wanted the open road and new beginnings every day."
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"The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor."
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"So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you."
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"Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its endangerment or diminishment can be an early warning sign of systemic trouble. Walking is an indicator species for various kinds of freedom and pleasures: free time, free and alluring space, and unhindered bodies."
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"Disconnect from society's pressure to conform. Do things your own way."
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"Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality."
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"I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way."
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"I have complete freedom, and there's no way to get pigeonholed or bored. What could be better than that?"
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"Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom."
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"There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free."
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"A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about."
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"Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person."
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"The only way to set yourself free is to meet each new challenge relatively."
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"Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing."
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"I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free."
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"Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him."
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"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
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"I am running and singing and when it's raining I'm the only one left on the open street, smiling with my eyes fixed on the sky because it's cleaning me. I'm the one on the other side of the party, hearing laughter and the emptying of bottles while I peacefully make my way to the river, a lonely road, following the smell of the ocean. I'm the one waking up at 4am to witness the sunrise, where the sky touches the sea, and I hold my elbows, grasping tight to whatever I've made of myself."
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"Freedom is what we do with what is done to us."
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"Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom."
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"Ours is a non-violent war, It is Dharma YUDDHA."
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"I am not a Sunday morning inside four wallswith clean bloodand organized drawers.I am the hurricane setting fire to the forestsat night when no one else is aliveor awakehowever you choose to see itand I live in my own flamessometimes burning too bright and too wildto make things lastor handlemyself or anyone elseand so I run.run run runfar and wideuntil my bones ache and lungs splitand it feels good.Hear that people? It feels goodbecause I am the slave and ruler of my own bodyand I wish to do with it exactly as I please."
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"Your life, your achievement, your happiness, your person are of paramount importance. Live up to your highest vision of yourself no matter what the circumstances you might encounter. An exalted view of self-esteem is a man's most admirable quality."
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"Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves."
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"We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation."
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"If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails."
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"But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom."
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"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation."
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"The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised."
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