Quotes About Freedom

At the heart of the struggle of women, people of color, the disabled, the poor, organized workers, immigrants, religious minorities, atheists,and sexual minorities is the radical belief that we are all created equal and deserve the right to life, liberty and pursuits of happiness.

Democracy is a much more brilliant idea than it seems.

For every journalist that is killed, many other people are pressured to silence.

Free and independent media underpin any vibrant democracy.

Greater freedom frequently comes with greater responsibility.

Liberty is a central concept in political philosophy and is often considered a fundamental value in democratic societies. However, the meaning of liberty and the extent to which it should be upheld has been a topic of debate throughout history.

Liberty is a fundamental human right that should be protected and promoted for the betterment of society.

Power without morality leads to abuse, and freedom without morality leads to depravity.

The idea of individual freedom and the ability to make choices without external constraints has been the cornerstone of many democratic societies. However, the concept of liberty is not without its challenges, and it is essential to strike a balance between individual liberty and societal norms.

There's plenty of repressive communist regimes left over from the cold war, but there's plenty out there that don't really regulate their enterprise.

To enjoy living and appreciate it, just explore life without commitment and certain routes will become evident to you.

Não é o ângulo reto que me atrai. Nem a linha reta, dura, inflexível, criada pelo homem. O que me atrai é a curva livre e sensual.

I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely—or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!

One should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.

Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created.

The wolfhound century leaps at my shoulders, But I am no wolf by blood.

The matter revolves around two questions. What did Shams teach Rumi? What did he give him? The answer is that Shams taught him to free himself from the captivity of reason. This is because reason has limits beyond which would be insanity. However, there is no such limit for the heart and the point of its satisfaction is fanafillah.

God nowhere tells us to give up things for the sake of giving them up. He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having--viz., life with Himself. It is a question of loosening the bonds that hinder the life...

Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.

The goal of faithfulness is not that we will do work for God, but that He will be free to do His work through us.