Quotes About Freedom

I grew up in a family that despised not only communism but collectivism, socialism, and any 'ism' that deprived the individual of his or her natural rights.

Socialism means slavery.

For, just as it has been said that there is no half-way house between Rome and Reason, so it may be said that there is no half-way house between State Socialism and Anarchism.

Socialism is the antithesis of opportunity and it's time to reject this failed and dangerous idea once and for all.

Socialism and freedom are not compatible, regardless of repeated convincings.

We do not want socialism.

For the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhian socialism is what we want to achieve and make society free of exploitation and full of opportunities.

International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights.

I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil liberties, with increasing poverty.

Voluntaryism is the idea that all human interactions should be free of coercion, based on individual self-ownership. This is in contrast to socialism, which is based on coercion justified by collective ownership.

But cutting the working week would free the individual, giving millions of workers more time to spend as they see fit. Human freedom should be the core aim of modern socialism. The right to work less would be an act of liberation - and a cause the left should embrace.

To me, it seems pretty obvious that socialism is terrible. After all, do you know what's not terrible? Freedom.

Why do I hate Obamacare? Because it is a blast against freedom. It is a socialist program which will not work. It hasn't worked anywhere in the world. It will be repealed.

Everyone's goals are the same with very small differences. I mean, the goal of a socialist and the goal of a libertarian are exactly the same. The goals are happiness and security and freedom, and you balance those.

Democracy in a socialist country is freedom in chains.

People just want to live their best lives. They want to be socially free, physically safe, and financially secure.

I am a socially liberal libertarian who is not for open borders.

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

I can't stay within the constructs of societal expectations.

There are certain societal laws that are just accepted, things that are arbitrary. I think the fun thing about psychotics is that they question that. It can be very freeing... like, my ego or my individuality trumps society's law.

Clothing shouldn't be a societal shackle. It should be art and truth and a way for us to show the world what we want out of it. It's environmental armor.

We all have the problem of what do you do with the not-guilty-yet in free and democratic societies where you have the presumption of innocence. It's a very difficult problem.

Freedom of the press underpins free societies around the world.

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.