Quotes About Freedom

For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.

The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.

We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.

If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it's a human need.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our society we think of birthing as something done while lying down.

A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.

An anarchist society, far from being a remote ideal, has become a precondition for the practice of ecological principles.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

A society which permits anything will eventually lose everything.

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny.

Democracy cannot be forced upon a society, neither is it a gift that can be held forever. It has to be struggled hard for and defended everyday anew.

One cannot live in society and be free from society.

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person.

Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates.

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society

When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes.

The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.

Where can you scream? It's a serious question: where can you go in society and scream?

If the state - and within the state, the judiciary particularly - harasses and undermines the Church , in any society the state undoes itself.

The only rule is that there are no rules.