Quotes About Freedom

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

A pair of skis are the ultimate transformation to freedom

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

I think: the powers like to talk about "freedom" in order to wash the population's brains.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.

There is no must in art because art is free.

The land free, the land free for all, land without overseers and without masters.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Where there is authority, there is no freedom.

You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

Freedom is just another word for when you have NOTHING left to lose.

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

Freedom is too enormous to be slipped under a closet door.

Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.

She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.