Quotes About Freedom

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Now, the black man here was so-called free by [Abe] Lincoln 100 years ago. The black man in America has an - has a purchasing power of 20 billion dollars. Now, and he's educated.

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.

Law and arbitrary power are at eternal enmity.

The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.

The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

Forgiveness really is so misunderstood, as well as the power it can release in an individual.

I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom.

Rebellion, in man, is the refusal to be treated as an object and to be reduced to simple historical terms. It is the affirmation of a nature common to all men, which eludes the world of power.

For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .

In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom.

We design our lives through the power of choices.

The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.

The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!

I feel like the Internet has really freed everything up to an extent, hasn't it? That radio maybe doesn't have quite the power that it had before.

Strip is the power. I'm ready to strip... I think everyone is. In that I'm saying I think everyone is ready to take off masks and pretentious costumes that don't represent who they truly are.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

I am not a violent person. I am a product of the Flower Power '60s. I have actually worn bell-bottomed jeans.

Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains

Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed by power or politicians.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

We have the power to make reality. Why make it inside boundaries, when the boundless is so near?