Quotes About Freedom

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.1 —Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

When it shall be said in any country in the world, 'My poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of happiness—when these things can be said," wrote Paine, "then may that country boast of its constitution and its government.

He asked the American revolutionaries "with what consistency, or decency," they could "complain so loudly of attempts to enslave them, while they hold so many hundred thousands in slavery.

They purport to honor electoral politics, freedom of speech, the right to assembly, and the Constitution. But they so corrupt and manipulate the levers of power internally that democracy is extinguished. The Constitution remains in place but has been so radically reinterpreted by the courts and by the executive and legislative branches of government, all serving corporate power, as to be essentially nullified.

We have the power to do any damn fool thing we want to do, and we seem to do it about every 10 minutes.

If I could miracle myself away, I would live out West.

I think America was a miracle. I think God loves this country.

The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color.

You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it.

I find if you can look in the mirror and see something other than the face you see every day, it can free you up in terms of who you play. Wearing a mask can free you up.

I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

Basically, there's not enough sex in movies, that's it. I'm trying to say it, people. I miss sex in movies because sex is natural, guns are not.

I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play.

I don't miss politics.

I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.

I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here.

I'm so lucky to not have to busk anymore, but I realized as soon as I didn't need to do it that I really missed it.

If rock & roll is dead and gone, man, I am missing out on it.

Our mission is to empower people to experience the world.

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

Walking in space is absolutely the most exhilarating part of a mission. The view is just incredible.

I have a sense of mission in a way. I've always worked on being free, as a woman and as an artist.

I connect deeply with SAVE's mission and I realize it doesn't matter which specific group you're fighting for, that everyone deserves equality, everyone deserves safety, and everyone deserves to be able to live their lives free of hate, fear and discrimination.