Quotes About Freedom

Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of developing values that succeed in satisfying human needs and serving human interests.

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.

Galaxy! When can a man know he is not a puppet? How can a man know he is not a puppet?

I would argue that a truly developed country would be beyond Presidents and Kings. In a world with some semblance of equality, each liberal-minded woman, each gay person, and indeed almost every person could be their own President. In a world of equals, what real service does a ruler provide?

It has been said in this courtroom that only a human being can be free. It seems to me that only someone who wishes for freedom can be free. I wish for freedom.

You're surrounded by people in the waking period, and you feel their eyes and their hopes on you. You can't stand up under it. In the sleep period, you're free.

Feet, for tens of thousands of years, had clogged and shuffled in the mud – and held down the minds which, for an equal time, had been fit for the companionship of the stars.

And he paused, aware at last of the gathering weight of the silence. Fourteen images stared at him, without any of them offering a word in response. Bakst said sharply, You have talked of freedom. You have it! Then, uncertainly, he said, Isn't that what you want?

Subjective matter of opinion, Gaal. If you're born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown.

Fakat art?k dünyan?n ne olduÄŸunu biliyordu: ÖzgürlüÄŸün s?n?rs?zl???yla kuÅŸat?lm?? bir hapishane..

The human mind resents control.

It is one thing to be democratic, quite another to be inconvenienced.

It seems to me that only someone who wishes for freedom can be free. I wish for freedom.

Men who feel themselves strong enough to decide for themselves what is best for themselves, and not just to be told what is best for others.

Imagine that. Terrible, terrible, the way we have all bent to the yoke; the affection we have for the harness about us.

All is bad that is imposed from without,' said Lizalor.

Se você tivesse nascido numa cela e crescido num corredor, trabalhando num cubículo, com férias numa varanda repleta de gente, ao sair para o ar livre, sem nada além do céu sobre si, talvez lhe desse um ataque de nervos.

La palabra «libertad» no tiene sentido cuando se aplica a un robot. Sólo un ser humano puede ser libre.

If you're born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown.

Even the sternest oppression, however, cannot stop human thought forever.

Sajnálom, Pirenne, de a városi alkotmány garantál bizonyos jelentéktelen apróságot, amit sajtószabadságként tartunk számon.

Solo il mio sistema emotivo è stato condizionato, il cervello è come prima. Sono portato a pensare in una determinata direzione, non costretto. E ci sono alcune cose che posso vedere molto più chiaramente, perché mi sono liberato dei vincoli emotivi.

Cuándo puede saber un hombre que no es un títere?

Besides, as I sometimes say, "Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.