Freedom Quotes
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The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals.
Plato
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I was sick, anybody can be sick. What I have is a spiritual problem which I am dealing with. Even in the Bible, it was stated that we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but wickedness in high places. I am a freedom fighter, I can never be shot like Lucky Dube, I am invincible, you can’t shoot me.
Majek Fashek
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When you are in prison, you have but one desire: freedom. If you fall ill in prison, you do not think about freedom - you think about health. Health is, therefore, more important than freedom.
Alija Izetbegovic
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Where there is no law there is no freedom.
John Locke Nazareth
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We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in order to have more security.
William S. Cohen
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This does not mean that we need treat all as equally true: it is up to individuals and groups to make up their minds. Freedom of faith allows for rich diversity of judgements as to the truth.
Ninian Smart
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Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.
Jose Maria Aznar
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While out on the perimeter, women discovered the freedom of badlands. They were curiously free to invent, without having to liberate themselves from the forms and rewards of the cultural norm.
Janet Fitch
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The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
George Washington
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I want to work with non-profits that stimulate growth to the community. Whether it is economic growth, intellectual, or freedom.
Gbenga Akinnagbe
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Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.
Albert Camus
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Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.
Jason Mraz
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One lives for the day, one lives very fast, one lives very irresponsibly: precisely this is called "freedom."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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What is the use of freedom of the press if the government is in possession of all the printing presses, what does freedom of assembly avail if all the meeting places belong to the government? In a society in which there is no more personal and economic freedom, even the freest form of the state cannot make political independence possible.
Eugen Richter
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Balancing the common good with the freedom and liberty to exercise that individuality has been and remains a challenge for those committed to democracy while understanding that the polis ensures our participation and therefore our citizenship.
David Blunkett
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No charter of freedom will be worth looking at which does not ensure the same measure of freedom for the minorities as for the majority.
Mahatma Gandhi
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When you're working in service to a big project, there's always the question of, 'Is there total freedom to do what I think is right artistically, or is this a job?' It's okay for things to be a job. I'm perfectly comfortable working. I don't need to sit around and quench whatever personal artistic thirst I have at all times.
Oneohtrix Point Never
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I express many absurd opinions. But I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
E. W. Howe
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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom.
Anne McCaffrey
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I absolutely loved improv! I felt very much at home being onstage. It freed me to be all sorts of people other than myself. It was an escape from myself, if you will. I still love that creative freedom of improv and making people laugh.
Mo Collins
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Religious liberty is misunderstood. It simply means that the Founders said that everyone in America should have the freedom to practice and exercise their religion. Not to believe it but to exercise our beliefs - to act on our beliefs. It's not about believing privately in your head, privately in that building, or simply about freedom of worship.
Eric Metaxas
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Many Americans simply don't want the pinheads in Washington or the various state capitals to be telling us how to live. But we are absolutely going in that direction. President Obama is hell-bent on imposing a bureaucracy that levels all playing fields at great expense in coin and in freedom.
Bill O'Reilly