Quotes About Freedom

We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.

The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.

We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society.

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.

I never cease to wonder at the amazing presumption of much of white society, assuming that they have the right to bargain with the Negro for his freedom.

The question now is how best to help the Iraqi people build a democratic and free Iraqi society that ensures respect for the rights of all Iraqis.

If a man can say 'My life is more important than my country,' that man has succeeded in freeing himself from the chains of society!

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

We like to be out in nature so much because it has no opinion on us.

Neither your position in society, nor power, nor dignity, nor selfishness, nor even personal promotion should enslave you

One wonders what would happen in a society where there were no rules to break. Doubtlessly everyone would quickly die of boredom.

Why anarchy? Because anything less would be uncivilized.

The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society.

Society destroys your individuality, your soul.

The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth.

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail.

The ultimate self is free from sin, free from old age, free from death and grief, free from hunger and thirst, which desires nothing and imagines nothing.

Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.

Take someone who doesn't keep score, who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he's free.