Quotes About Freedom

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.

There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

The dirty alliance between religious preachers and possessors of power brought the boon of prisons, gallows, knouts and above all such theories for the mankind.

[Socialistic] economic planning, regulation, and intervention pave the way to totalitarianism by building a power structure that will inevitably be seized by the most power-hungry and unscrupulous.

To be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness.

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

There is no logical reason why thoughts, which have no substance, should have so much power over you, nor is there any reason why you should become their slave

Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.

I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power.

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.

The world has only as much power over you as you give it. Rebel. Go beyond duality.

Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.