Famous Quotes & Sayings

Taylor Caldwell

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

Robinson Jeffers

And you, America, that passion made you. You were not born to prosperity, you were born to love freedom. You did not say "en masse," you said "independence." But we cannot have all the luxuries and freedom also.

Rob Kampia

The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech?

Richard P. Feynman

It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.

Richard Avedon

Start with a style and you are in chains, start with an idea and you are free.

Victor Hugo

Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom.

Vernon Howard

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

Vernon Howard

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.

Vernon Howard

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

Robert Frost

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

Robert Frost

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

Robert Frost

The reason artists show so little interest In public freedom is because the freedom They've come to feel the need of is a kind No one can give them they can scarce attain The freedom of their own material....

Robert Frost

Everyone asks for freedom for himself, The man free love, the businessman free trade, The writer and talker free speech and free press.

Robert Frost

Freedom is slavery some poets tell us. Enslave yourself to the right leader's truth, Christ's or Karl Marx', and it will set you free.

Robert Frost

Many lovers have been divorced By having what is free enforced.

Richard von Weizsaecker

Democracy feeds on argument, on the discussion as to the right way forward. This is the reason why respecting the opinion of others belongs to democracy.

Thomas Paine

Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.

Thomas Paine

I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.

Thomas Huxley

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

Thomas Sowell

Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.

Thomas Sowell

We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us put their lives on the line to defend it.

Tiberius

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

Sam Harris

You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.

Russell Means

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.

Russell Means

You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless you have a free society based upon the integrity of the individual. If you have a responsible society, these other issues will not come up in a responsible society, and that is what freedom is all about.

Russell Means

Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest

Russell Means

The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.

Russell Means

I find freedom to be the most important issue facing any human being today, because without freedom, then life is pointless. The more dependent you become on centralized power, the more easily you are lead around.

Ron Paul

I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.

Ron Paul

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card.

Ron Paul

Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.

Ron Paul

You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems.

Ron Paul

Only in a free society do individuals have the best chance to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their economic well-being, and achieve personal happiness... The worthy goals of civilization can only be achieved by freedom loving individuals. When government uses force, liberty is sacrificed and the goals are lost. It is freedom that is the source of all creative energy.