Quotes About Freedom

Human dignity should be without borders.

Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience.

Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are a people with dignity and sovereignty.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity and he will feel free.

The greatest achievement of the civil-rights movement is that it has restored the dignity of indignation.

The only reason I can hold up my head is because when He set me free He gave me my dignity back.

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people.

Allow us the dignity to fight for our own freedom

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.

If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.

Until we are free to think for ourselves, our dreams are not free to unfold.

The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

There are no limitations to any of our dreams.

May your dreams defy the laws of gravity.

In our dreams we are able to fly . . . and that is a remembering of how we were meant to be.

Follow your dreams, don't let anybody hold you back.

Try to force celibacy upon yourself and your dreams will become sexual, they will have a quality of sexuality.

When we say no, or when we follow our dreams or true callings - people might be disappointed in our choices. Allowing people their disappointments sets us free.