I do not want it [the Freedom of Information Act] to be a political football. I do not want the fuss about the way the political parties are using it to obliterate what it's really about.
John MajorSeek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty
Frank HerbertIn a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom.
Mary RobinsonFreedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganIt [racism] is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.
Pierre BertonThe word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order'. Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.
Prince MetternichHe hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within
Quintus EnniusPrivate property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.
Walter LippmannHeresy is another word for freedom of thought.
Graham GreeneThe desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWar continues in Iraq. They're calling it Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Jay LenoThe freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
Grace KellyWhen you realise what life would be like without the freedoms that we in the West take for granted every day, you realise just how miserable half of human existence has been.
Jim GibbonsBred in the lap of Republican Freedom
William GodwinCommunists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
Nelson MandelaUnderlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton FriedmanThe freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
John MortimerThe United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
Harry S TrumanThe Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom
Frederick ForsythNo amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses
LeninThe increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness
David MoirReal freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
Charles LindberghAnxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Soren KierkegaardFreedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
Albert CamusUltimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.
Marilyn FergusonThere are some great points about having so many freedoms as we do in the US, but the downside is people get in who are not deserving of those freedoms and endanger us all.
Sam GravesIt is outrageous to think that if you are on the side of freedom for the Chinese people and opposed to communism that you are anything but pro-Chinese.
Chris CoxFreedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Martin Luther King JrFreedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.
Adlai E StevensonMan cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity.
Hannah ArendtFreedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
A J LieblingIn the last few days when I was not even the manager of England my freedom was taken away from me and that is not the coaching I am used to.
Luiz Felipe ScolariA filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.
Stanley KubrickBut what is Freedom? Rightly understood,
A universal licence to be good (Liberty)
Hartley ColeridgeAny nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
W Somerset MaughamFear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
TacitusFreedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
EpictetusIgnorance is a right! Education is eroding one of the few democratic freedoms remaining to us.
Christopher AndreaeWhat is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist
Salman RushdieThis story is about truth, beauty, freedom; but above all things, this story is about love
Moulin RougeMan should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.
Anthony EdenFreedom comes from strength and self-reliance.
Lisa MurkowskiFreedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
Michel FoucaultYet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, streams like the thunderstorm against the wind.
Lord ByronA standard bearer for freedom, even civilisation [on pornography]
Salman RushdieThe State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.
Emma GoldmanA friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
Jim MorrisonEmancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
Rabindranath TagoreChange does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King JrFreedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
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