Quotes About Freedom

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of courts and law books, but of a commitment in each of us to liberty and mutual respect.

If you have a right to respect, that means other people don't have a right to their own opinions.

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.

We need a President that all Americans can respect, not a celebrity who uses words like freedom and liberty like they are a punchline in a reality show.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

To advocate a New Order was to seek freedom and respect for peoples without prejudice, and to seek a stable basis for the existence all peoples, equally, and free of threats

Free discussion requires an atmosphere unembarrassed by any suggestion of authority or even respect.

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

My cigarettes and I are going outside. At least they show me respect.

Little more can reasonably be aimed at with respect to the people at large than to have them properly armed.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.

I appreciate that the New York Daily News will show dead bodies but blur the cover of a French parody magazine. Just out of respect, right guys?

Self respect is impossible without liberty.

People who have no respect for human life or for freedom or justice have taken over this beautiful country of ours. It will be up to the American people to take it back.

The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation, for us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must.

I want to know whether you are a person devoted to creating or to exchanging in some respect or other: as a creator you belong tothe free, as an exchanger you are their slave and instrument.