Quotes About Liberty

Mehr als das Leben lieb' ich meine Freiheit. More than life, I cherish freedom.

How strange now, looks the life he makes us lead; So free we seem, so fettered fast we are!

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.

The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I react by contradiction, in humour and in an outburst of liberty and expansion.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

When freedom is outlawed, only outlaws will be free.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.

Life without the courage to die is slavery.

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.

Of course life has no point. If it had, man would not be free.

The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

No one can be free unless he is independent.

All the higher forms of life have evolved from some one's ideal of justice, liberty or beauty; and the belief that nothing is too good to be true.

The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

Just let me live my life.

The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without the compulsion of conformity or law.

Each person has the right to live his life in any way he chooses so long as he respects the equal rights of others.

There's no life like the life I've lived. You're free like a cloud floating up in the sky.

A woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own.