Quotes About Freedom

Just the basic principles of what makes America work for me are very strong in my heart. It's like no other nation in the world.

North Koreans are tragically oppressed. Despite the risks to my personal safety, I feel a strong obligation to tell the world about the Orwellian nightmare that North Koreans face.

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.

The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is or is not moral.

I am a strong woman and I do believe in certain things, but again, that's what's so great about our country - everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

The human spirit is stronger than any government or institution.

In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.

Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way of surpassing everything that blocks it and growing stronger for the exercise.

Women who are stronger than the society allows them to be often feel a need for something stronger than themselves, and to dissolve into it.

America is stronger than ever. We will forever remember those we lost on September 11, 2001. In honoring their memory, we will remain true to our commitment to freedom and democracy.

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.

I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.

Everyone says 'Anna Karenina' is about individual desire going against society, but I actually think the opposite is stronger: the way societal forces limit the expression of the individual.

We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers.

Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.

If a motive affects me, and I am compelled to act on it because it proves to be the 'strongest' of its kind, then the thought of freedom ceases to have any meaning. How should it matter to me whether I can do a thing or not, if I am forced by the motive to do it?

I strongly support organizations like the ACLU that defend basic freedoms and I have for a 25-plus years.

The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of game playing. There ought to be comprehensive childcare, a comprehensive approach to housing, a sane, rational way to finance education. But I also strongly believe in the notion of fundamental individual freedom.

I strongly believe that we as a nation can be both secure and free.

We believe very strongly that you stop that denial of coverage by promoting choice. Let people make the decisions.

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.

Our Founding Fathers believed strongly in gun rights for citizens.