Quotes About Freedom

Liberty is meaningless if it is only the liberty to agree with those in power.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people and so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

Believing that you are the righteousness of God through Christ Jesus and simply receiving the gift of no condemnation gives you the power to go and sin no more.

Creativity is the power to act.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.

True freedom is understanding that we have a choice in who and what we allow to have power over us.

Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.

Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

The most personal thing I've put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It's better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.

In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.

Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than our own weakness, however small we may be.

Control does not come from strong police forces, does not come from oppression and repression, does not come from violating people's rights or giving the security systems undue powers

In some departments of our daily life, in which we imagine ourselves free agents, we are ruled by dictators exercising great power.

Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks.

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

They can't chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can't contain it! Laws can't restrain it! Authority has no power over it!

How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess.

The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave.