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Quotes About Freedom

A friend need not be kept either within sight or within reach. A friend must be allowed the freedom to find and follow his own path. If
~ Timothy Zahn
grass-filled flight
~ Timothy Zahn
A friend need not be kept either within sight or within reach. A friend must be allowed the freedom to find and follow his own path. If one is fortunate, those paths will for a time join. But if the paths separate, it is comforting to know that a friend still graces the universe with his skills, and his viewpoint, and his presence. For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone. —
~ Timothy Zahn
Sanity? Sorry, I don't ever remember having something like that before.
~ Tite Kubo
Oh, all of us dream That we are flying the skies With our eyes open
~ Tite Kubo
Freedom isn't morally neutral; the emancipation if offers is a means, not an end in itself.
~ Tobias Jones
Writers, to my way of thinking, are no more free in their choices than most people. Our material chooses us; certain things engage us, certain things do not.
~ Tobias Wolff
Considerations? No thanks, Howard. That's what they make cages out of.
~ Tobias Wolff
Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom; socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
~ Tocqueville
The great democratic danger is enslavement to public opinion
~ Tocqueville
Most of us cherish freedom, but when we actually get the opportunity to make our own way it can be terrifying.
~ Tom Butler-Bowdon
To Ronald Reagan, The Man Who Won the War.
~ Tom Clancy
Ladies and gentlemen, it is not the job of government to be the national nanny. The average citizen can look after his or her own needs without assistance from somebody who works here in Washington.
~ Tom Clancy
The media could not be policed from without and had to be policed from within.
~ Tom Clancy
Jack Ryan said, "Benjamin Franklin put it like this: 'Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
~ Tom Clancy
For over 220 years, Marines have served at the end of America's operational reach—on freedom's far frontiers. These Marines are the backbone of the ARG/MEU (SOC) team, our regional commanders' force of choice for both forward presence and crisis response.
~ Tom Clancy
One of the problems with living in a free country was that anyone outside this palace/prison could think and say whatever he wished.
~ Tom Clancy
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
~ Tom Clancy
You will come to understand how they work, their dedication and the personal sacrifices they make. For these are truly the people who stand guard on the walls of freedom, while the rest of us sleep safely in our homes.
~ Tom Clancy
Benjamin Franklin put it like this: 'Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
~ Tom Clancy
No, those few men and women who went against the establishment from time to time, only when necessary, were what ultimately made America great.
~ Tom Clancy
There is remarkable freedom in having no expectations, no plans for tomorrow. The question I and many others start every day with is this: "Jesus, what do You have planned for me and my family?" Only today matters. Only how I live for Jesus counts. Everything else is superficial. When I hand over my life to my Lord, knowing each day may be my last one on this earth, I am more at peace than ever before.
~ Tom Doyle
There is remarkable freedom in having no expectations, no plans for tomorrow. The question I and many others start every day with is this: "Jesus, what do You have planned for me and my family?" Only today matters. Only how I live for Jesus counts. Everything else is superficial. When I hand over my life to my Lord, knowing each day may be my last one on this earth, I am
~ Tom Doyle
Being safe is fiction.
~ Tom Hodgkinson