Quotes About Freedom

And I want to be held down. I don't know what to do with the horrifying freedom that can destroy me.

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living--a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

Freedom and justice for all are infinitely more to be desired than pedestals for a few.

Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas.

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful, the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.

Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.

I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Lawful residents of San Francisco are being stripped of their freedom because of an illegal measure that defies common sense... I believe that we will prevail.

For me, the most important word in cinema is the word freedom. For example, in Europe, we've got freedom, we've got the final cut and that's something which is marvellous.

The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom.

President Obama is currently on a week-long trip to Africa, where he will promote freedom, democracy, and economic opportunity. I guess he figured it hasn't worked here - so try it somewhere else.

You feel like a prisoner if you don't create. You're jailed up inside of yourself.

I had a little more freedom when I started sampling because you could actually do what you wanted to do.

Financial freedom is freedom from fear.