Quotes about freedom
freedom men mind
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women. Learned Hand
freedom liberty spirit
The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.
freedom tactics states
So there's only one tactic for the state: kill the seers. Pablo Picasso
freedom artist focus
The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future.
freedom artist expression
...the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given.... if it does exist, it exists to be used against the established order.... There is absolute opposition between the artist and the state.
freedom blessed sacrifice
Freedom-no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver. . . or came closer to being God's will on earth. Omar N. Bradley
freedom belief
The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free. Oprah Winfrey
freedom aunt anarchy
There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it. Margaret Atwood
freedom threat freeman
To freemen, threats are impotent. Marcus Tullius Cicero
freedom philosophical possession
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
freedom philosophical men
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
freedom power threat
To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
freedom recovery splendid
The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.
freedom men people
What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.
freedom liberty tyranny
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
freedom evil hard
It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
freedom libertarian fangs
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
freedom may
Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited. Margaret Chase Smith
freedom means speech
That means we don't have freedom of speech anymore.
freedom sea rights
The sea, as well as the air, is a free and common thing to all; and a particular nation cannot pretend to have the right to the exclusion of all others, without violating the rights of nature and public usage. Elizabeth I
freedom fighting liberty
If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them. Paul Wellstone
freedom men mind
A free mind is one which is untroubled and unfettered by anything, which has not bound its best part to any particular manner of being or worship and which does not seek its own interest in anything but is always immersed in God's most precious will. . . . There is no work which men and women can perform, however small, which does not draw from this its power and strength.
freedom justice expectations
Let us not accept violence as the way of peace. Let us instead begin by respecting true freedom: the resulting peace will be able to satisfy the world's expectations, for it will be a peace built on justice, a peace founded on the incomparable dignity of the free human being. Pope John Paul II
freedom hands trying
Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.
freedom war heart
May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery. Pope Francis
freedom thinking offending
I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and the right but the obligation to say what Pope Francis thinks for the common good... we have the right to have this freedom openly without offending.
freedom reality waiting
I'M FREE! - I'm free, And freedom tastes of reality, I'm free - I'm free, An' I'm waiting for you to follow me. Pete Townshend
freedom party rights
But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multi-party democracy. Phil Robertson
freedom 4th-of-july opportunity
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. Peter Marshall
freedom liberty bears
That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast. Quintus Ennius
freedom blessing simple
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. Quentin Crisp
freedom tyrants economic-inequality
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. Plutarch
freedom men virtuous
Every virtuous man is free. Philo