Quotes About Freedom

What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage. Bruce Barton, It's a Good Old World

Freedom without the means to be self-supporting is a one-armed triumph.

away is hard to go, but no one asked me to stay

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear: There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.

Liberty, not government, is the world's most powerful

to found a new home in the western continent beyond the ocean, a new fatherland free from tyranny . . . guided by firm convictions and upright motives, not by the whim of the moment.

I had struggled so hard and so long that I had simply exhausted myself, only to find that God had all the time in the world to wait for me to allow Him to free me.

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

Even prisoners can escape if they have books.

You will never have to marry for money. You will never have to depend on anyne but yourself.

And although I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

The only thing money is good for, Marie, is buying time. The time to do the things you like.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. —THOMAS JEFFERSON

Man was born free and everywhere he is in shackles. –JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is … the most indispensable of duties. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

world!" "A republic is undoubtedly the way forth for mankind," Jefferson agrees. "But will men be willing to govern themselves, or is it more convenient to hand the reins of power to someone who promises free bread and wine?

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.

There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.

It's no use, Userref, I can't go back.' 'You must,' he said gently. 'This isn't about being free any more, it's more than that now.

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Look at you, all Rocky Horror Picture Ho.

Forgiveness is not contingent upon what someone else does or doesn't do.

The truth hurts, but it will set you free,