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Freedom Quotes
"We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents."
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"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom."
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"Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection."
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"Freedom is not an inheritance; it is a responsibility."
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"My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States."
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"There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need."
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"She walked empty handed in the street, where everyone sold their dreams. Ignoring the cold stares of the demon, which guarded it and always craved for the taste of the things every soul hid. At the dead end, it leapt on her. Digging the nails deep into her chest, in the search of the dreams, she hid. Only to be destroyed by the light shot from her heart. The light that blinded the whole world, setting the dreams of others free."
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"That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose."
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"Actual freedom has not increased in proportion to man's awareness of it."
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"There's a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can steer clear of the organized bullshit if he really wants to. It's a goddamned luxury, and if I were you, I'd take advantage of it while you can."
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"I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations."
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"Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends."
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"But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way."
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"You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing."
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"Love frees my thoughts and deeds."
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"Freedom on the inside comes when validation from the outside doesn't matter."
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"We remain in Iraq because we know that sometimes liberty needs some nursing before it can grow on its own."
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"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
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"We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks."
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"Power is given only to those you allow to have power over you. No man was born with a master. The only master of all is the Creator, and he created all men to be free. Freedom is a God-given right, not a human-granted gift. No man should have to fight to breathe in good health and peace."
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"In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays."
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"Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do."
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"In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual."
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"I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized."
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"School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects."
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"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."
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"We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world."
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"I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand."
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"Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists."
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