Quotes About Freedom

When you dance to your own rhythm, Life taps its toes to your beat.

If we dance amongst the rooftops, is it not that much further to jig into the starshine?

There is great power in letting go, and there is great freedom in moving on.

Let go or be dragged.

Sometimes the best way to hold onto something is to let it go.

I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.

Abortion is a question of choice.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

It is very easy to love alone.

Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more empowering or freeing than learning to like your own company.

My attitude is, do as much as I can while I'm free. And if I'm arrested I'll still do as much as I can.

My attitude is govern as if you've run your last race. That's not to say I've run my last race, but govern with a liberation and a freedom; change your mind frame to operate that way.

Surfers have the most attitude.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

We can't have war between black men and black women, because no one can be free if one half of the mind of the people is tied up in conflict. It's going to have to be both of us or none of us.

Don't cry because it's over; Smile because that asshole is finally someone else's problem.

You can't make homes out of human beings…if he wants to leave, then let him leave. You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Learning implies that every person in every process must have the freedom to observe and identify change and have the power to recommend opportunities for improvement.

If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for dogs, cats, and chimpanzees but doesn't work quite so well for women and men. Without the capacity to freely shape our own lives, much as a sculptor might carve stone, we inevitably slip into negativity and depression.

The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.