Quotes About Freedom

I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.

Whatever strikes I need to throw, I need to let them go.

To me, freedom of speech and debate are necessary inputs in solving any of our nation's problems, from homelessness and economic inequality to banking, the environment, and national security. Freedom of speech is what Larry Lessig would call a 'root' issue; working on free speech is striking at a root issue.

I let my boy go and do and say pretty much as he likes, as, and perhaps because, my father kept no string on me.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.

I still feel like the 10-year-old dancing in front of her mirror, mostly to 'No Strings Attached.'

We had to pull some strings to get off of Sony.

Every red stripe in that flag represents the black man's blood that has been shed.

When I was 15, I was wearing sandals and corduroys, Guernsey, striped pullover, a beard that was hardly there, shades and a beret, and the goal was hanging out.

We've seen the uproars around the world concerning cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammad. Anyone who does not think comic strips are relevant never had a fatwa put on him/her for drawing a picture.

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.

Some people strive for perfection, but I often find perfection boring.

I strive to destroy fear and judgment that once stifled me.

My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition.

For over two centuries, Americans have grown up in a society that rewards hard work, protects innovation, and allows its citizens to constantly break new barriers. The key element to this success rests on freedom and the ability of individuals to strive toward achieving their dreams and making their children's futures better than their own.

There's something attractive about making people temporarily forget their actual age by taking them out of their normal lives so completely. Doesn't travel, by its very nature, strive to do this?

I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression.

You don't fight injustice by asking to become part of the system that committed the injustice against you in the first place. That's like a freed slave striving to become a slave owner.

Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things.

If you have the feeling of choice, if you feel free, you will be better off. And when I say better off I mean that if people feel they have control over their lives, they call in for fewer sick days from work. They have a lesser probability of having a heart attack or stroke. They live longer. They're happier.

When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.

Protection of private property is a fundamental right protected in a strong democracy.