Quotes About Freedom

I knew that Britain and the United States were beacons of freedom and democracy at a time when my life - and Western civilisation itself - was at grave risk.

Gravy Train!!!! damaged me because I don't think I will ever again experience something so intense and exciting. We were so young and pent up - and didn't care about anything else in the world.

I'm a great believer in freedom of speech.

I was having all these thoughts, not really sure what I was doing in school. And I just said, 'I'm gonna go out and climb.' I had this great day with a friend, bouldering and rooting each other on, and I came back thinking, 'I don't like the way it feels to be competitive. I don't want to be ruled by it.'

I need to have a great deal of control and the ability to share my control with my collaborators and grant them the freedom and the quality of work I think these people deserve. If I don't have those elements, I walk away.

The First Amendment's protections have always put a great deal of responsibility in our hands: not only to respect the power of our own speech, but also to respect that same power in the hands of people we despise.

I want to retire how I want to retire - and I have a great opportunity to do that.

I think America is a great place to grow up. It's a good lifestyle.

It is always a great pleasure to fight for your own country.

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

The great thing about running is that you can get away to your own thoughts and get in a little bubble.

The great thing about Starz is that there's not a lot of restrictions.

The great thing about libertarianism is it really is the American dream: It's the ability of everybody to live their life and build their life according to what they want, so long as they don't hurt anybody else.

The great thing about this country is that everyone has the chance to voice their own opinion.

It's a great thing about this Internet thing we've got going. I have the luxury of not going through filters or network execs to do my art.

The great thing about living in America is anybody can run for anything they want to run for. And I think that's a great thing.

One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.

I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't care what you think. I'm having a great time.

A great time in my life was being totally single and actively not dating. Just saying, 'I'm gonna not be in a relationship. I'm gonna not date.' That was a super fun, awesome time.

I feel like I've had a really great time just being able to make all the music that I've always liked to make and listen to and expressing it in different ways.

America's a country where you can come, you can be an entrepreneur, you can create great value. I don't think you ever want to deter that from happening because this is a place where so many great businesses get created and started.

A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.

Actually being able to exercise your own choice can bring about greater opportunity.

I have always believed that there is nothing greater than a life in rock n' roll - it has to be good rock n' roll - and I still think it is true.