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Quotes About Freedom

You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll take time to restore chaos and order - order out of chaos. But we will.
~ George W. Bush
Yes, we [USA] can be safe and secure, if we stay on the offense against the terrorists and if we spread freedom and liberty around the world.
~ George W. Bush
The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys no superior right of access.
~ George Will
Every child has a right to be well-born, well-nurtured and well-taught, and only the freedom of woman can guarantee him this right.
~ Helen Keller
Mathematicians practice absolute freedom.
~ Henry Adams
We have used up all our inherited freedom, like the young bird the albumen in the egg. It is not an era of repose. If we would save our lives, we must fight for them.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Thus I alone, where all my freedom grew, In prison pine with bondage and restraint; And with remembrance of the greater grief To banish the less, I find my chief relief.
~ Unknown
People can be in general pretty well trusted, of course--with the clock of their freedom ticking as loud as it seems to do here--to keep an eye on the fleeting hour.
~ Henry James
Imperfection is a core dimension of freedom.
~ Yochai Benkler
Individual transportation has become synonymous for freedom and liberty, so it would be difficult to actually get rid of individualized transport, and in rural areas that would be impossible.
~ Hermann E. Ott
America is a country founded on religious freedom and liberty.
~ Hillary Clinton
I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.
~ Hilton Als
I really didn't know much about the Libertarians. I knew they were for less government and more individual freedom. I liked that.
~ Howard Stern
The road to freedom, here and everywhere, begins in the classroom.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I'd rather deal with restrictions of budget. It's better to feel free within any budget.
~ Guillermo del Toro
We must be prepared to pay a price for freedom, for no price that is ever asked for it is half the cost of doing without it.
~ H. L. Mencken
Our minds and hearts are free to believe everything or nothing at all - and it is our duty to protect and perpetuate this sacred culture of freedom.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.
~ Henry A. Kissinger
It is hard to have a Southern overseer; it is worse to have a Northern one; but worst of all when you are yourself the slave-driver.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.
~ Ice Cube
I've always discovered things for myself, in marvelous freedom.
~ Indira Gandhi
Our constitution enshrines the rule of law, freedom of worship and expression, we cherish these values too.
~ Hillary Clinton
Freedom is not choosing; that is merely the move that we make when all is already lost. Freedom is knowing and understanding and respecting things quite other than ourselves.
~ Iris Murdoch