Quotes About Freedom

Television was suppressing their freedom not to know.

the rights of free speech and free press do not carry with them the right to advocate the destruction of the very government which protects the freedom of an individual to express his views.

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home.

As Americans, we don't see the role of government as guaranteeing outcomes, but allowing free men and women to flourish based on their own vision, their hard work and their personal responsibility.

We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.

We need to stop apologizing for celebrating life. We need to stop apologizing for wanting to protect an individual's right to build a business.

But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A &amp M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.

Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.

The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.

Rather than act like a victim who cannot do anything about myself or my circumstance, today I start the process of acknowledging my sin and removing these attitudes, actions, and sins that are unworthy of the new creation I am today in Christ. I can be free, and I will be free. I will be ALL that God intended for me to be!

Holding on to silent resentment makes you a prisoner in your own mind and emotions.

Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

Travel is intensified living … and one of the last great sources of legal adventure.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Many men of 1972 used the new "women's freedom" as an excuse for brutish behavior.

My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's going straight, which shows you prison does work.

Never confuse your right to say what you believe with a right to never be disagreed with and ridiculed for saying what you believe.

Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: 'Do this or you'll burn in hell.

I love how people walk around with crucifixes, skullcaps, pointy hats, funny beards and then say 'you should keep your atheism to yourself.

You can't censor stupidity.

I believe the greatest privilege in this world is to use your freedom of speech for those who have no voice.

Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.

I don't think I'll ever be able to stay in one place for more than a year or two. It's not in my nature.