Quotes About Liberty

There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.

Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?

Freedom has ceased to be a birthright; it has come to mean whatever we are still permitted to do.

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

What is freedom? There is no such thing as absolute freedom!

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.

One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

I tasted freedom and I really liked it.

Intellectual freedom depends upon material things.

That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.

Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; the sweetest freedom is an honest heart.

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

There is no freedom without justice.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

Intervene globally, lose freedom locally.

What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

Obedience is the road to freedom.

Painting depends on freedom. When you're feeling completely free, you can create, and this power to create is, in turn, the greatest freedom of all.

There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.