Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.
Adlai StevensonA filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.
Stanley KubrickNo man is enitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
Douglas MacarthurNo amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses
LeninFreedom is not enough.
Lyndon JohnsonThe 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 MoirThe sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Martin Luther King JrHeresy is another word for freedom of thought.
Graham GreeneIf we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.
Rollo MayFreedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganThere can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Erich FrommHistory does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
Dwight EisenhowerFreedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheAs long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
Marcel ProustThe link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.
Silvio BerlusconiUltimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.
Marilyn FergusonI 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 MajorA Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
BodhidharmaYou recognize but one rule of commerce; that is (to avail myself of your own terms) to allow free passage and freedom of action to all buyers and sellers whoever they may be.
Francois QuesnayThe freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact
Julie BurchillI know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
TocquevilleAll of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast
Andre MauroisI believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
James MadisonFreedom begins as we become conscious of it.
Vernon HowardThey may take our lives but they'll never take our freedom.
Mel GibsonAmerica's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.
John GardnerThe enemies of Freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot (End of an Age)
William Ralph IngeFreedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Alan FosterI believe there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those doing the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I dont think it will be based on the colour of the skinYou're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
Malcom XYou can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.
Clarence DarrowI believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
Dan QuayleCommunists 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 MandelaThe only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
John Stuart MillFreedom is a possession of inestimable value.
CiceroIgnorance is a right! Education is eroding one of the few democratic freedoms remaining to us.
Christopher AndreaeMemorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances... a day to honour those who died defending our freedom.
Doc HastingsA free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
Frank Lloyd WrightIn human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long road of exploration, invention, freedom to the limits of extravagance, interference to the point of frustration, finally discipline, controlling constant change and growth.
Susanne LangerIn America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
Peter UstinovDefender and promoter of freedom and democracy [on George W Bush]
Silvio BerlusconiFriends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself-and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to-letting a person be what he really is.
Jim MorrisonOne should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom
Henrik IbsenEmancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
Rabindranath TagoreFreedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
Benjamin CardozoAnxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Soren KierkegaardWhat is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist
Salman RushdieThe greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Bernard BaruchFreedom - to walk free and own no superior.
Walt WhitmanThe idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
David RiesmanWhen freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
Pope John Paul II
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