Quotes About Freedom

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

If being human requires freedom, then enslavement to the cares of this world is dehumanizing.

American nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will defend our freedom and we will take the fight to the enemy.

The terrorists can kill the innocent, but they cannot stop the advance of freedom.

I'm standing for real freedom.

Freedom is within oneself. But to get beyond the thoughts and desires requires power.

We need a new imprinting. We need the imprinting of enlightenment, of freedom. That comes through our association with a higher being. So classically what occurs is that one meets a teacher.

A new breeze is blowing--and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on: there is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.

[T]he course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others. Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, I will defend the freedom and security of the American people.

Having my freedom, boast of nothing else.

I was set free because the negotiations were successful, because there were people lobbying for my freedom, and because hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Rome for my freedom.

Choice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.

Each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.

The spirit of America is all about defiance, and the best music like mine is the freedom soundtrack.

Freedom is the silence of the law.

Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility.

The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom.

When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open, he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his dinner outside.

I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was plausible for certain characters [was the challenge].

Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed.

Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly.

I want to be a free rover on the breezy common of the universe.

You just have this freedom when you're younger - this lack of concern to fail or do anything wrong. It comes with an ease that I've found has kind of deteriorated over time.

The people of Asia were slaves, because they had not learned how to pronounce the word 'no'.