Quotes About Liberty

Nevermore shall men make slaves of others! Not in Asgard--not on Earth--not any place where the hammer of Thor can be swung--or where men of good faith hold freedom dear!

To free oneself from fear and hope, belief and superstition. To be free of convictions and parties.

The true essence of freedom is that it can never restrict the freedom of another.

Only the man who remains free from all and everything augments and sustains freedom on this earth.

To be free of family and familiar surroundings.

Solo colui che riesce a mantenere la propria libertà rispetto a tutto e a tutti, conserva e moltiplica la libertà sulla terra.

He who thinks freely for himself, honours all freedom on earth.

Que a la larga no se puede defender la libertad de las masas, sino únicamente la propia, la libertad interior.

Y esta búsqueda y este esfuerzo por la pureza de espíritu, por la salvaguarda de la libertad en una época de servilismo generalizado a ideologías y facciones, lo convierte hoy en nuestro hermano y contemporáneo.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.

To seek truth and to utter what one believes to be true can never be a crime. No one must be forced to accept a conviction. Conviction is free.

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth

Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action.

The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government, magistracy, or individuals.

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.

Truth is, I cut my hair for freedom, not for beauty.

The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.

Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men.