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Freedom Quotes


"We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation."


"There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed."



"I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom."


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


"Let them howl. Let the wolves pant. You have evolved. You were not fashioned to run in a pack, or to be defined by the opinions of those who wish to limit your creativity. Let them howl. Let the wolves pant."



"Freedom is the cornerstone of progress; it empowers us to shape our destiny and build a better tomorrow."


"Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection."



"Freedom is not an inheritance; it is a responsibility."


"Authority in its very nature prevents the full awareness of oneself and therefore ultimately destroys freedom, in freedom alone can there be creativeness."



"No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses."


"She should not remember what it was like to be free."


"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."


"Censorship is alive and well in America."


"The chains that break you, are the chains that make you. And the chains that make you, are the chains you break."


"The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers."


"I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation."



"When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority."


"You can't take the sky from me."


"The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it."



"To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist."


"The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work stretch out in the sun and scratch himself."


"If I decide to help you, I want only two things in return. Freedom for my people" - it was what he planned to bargin for all along, and one bargain was good as any other - "and possessiom of the girl.""I'm afraid she's not on the table," Blue eyes said."Of course she isn't on the table," he said confused. "She's right in front of you."


"Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself."



"You have a spark of anarchy in your spirit and that's not to be tolerated. Nothing wild or honest is tolerated her! It has to be extinguished..."


"On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings."


"We are free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths."


"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.''In fact,' said Mustapha Mond, 'you're claiming the right to be unhappy.' 'All right then,' said the Savage defiantly, 'I'm claiming the right to be unhappy.''Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and impotent; the right to have syphilis and cancer; the right to have too little to eat; the right to be lousy; the right to live in constant apprehension of what may happen tomorrow; the right to catch typhoid; the right to be tortured by unspeakable pains of every kind.' There was a long silence. 'I claim them all,' said the Savage at last.Mustapha Mond shrugged his shoulders. 'You're welcome," he said."


"Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price."


"It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom."


"I liked this rich lifestyle, but I loved the poor lifestyle better. The less money people had, the less greedy they seemed to be. The people who lived around our flocks seemed to always love everyone around them. Even though they aren't always happy and can't always afford the bills, they are still glad to be alive."


"Freedom comes when you see the built-in contradiction of trying to manipulate something that is going right to begin with.... Stop trying to steer the river."


"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."


"If you celebrate Independence Day on just one day of the year, it only goes on to show that you are not truly Free. Learn to celebrate your Freedom every day!"



"Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. This is what determines the quality of the life we've lived - not whether we've been rich or poor, famous or unknown, healthy or suffering. What determines our quality of life is how we relate to these realities, what kind of meaning we assign them, what kind of attitude we cling to about them, what state of mind we allow them to trigger."
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