Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ludwig von Mises

The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.

Ludwig von Mises

Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments.

Ludwig von Mises

Planning other people's actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.

Ludwig von Mises

...this remedy is the power of the citizens; they have to prevent the establishment of such an autocratic regime that arrogates to itself a higher wisdom than that of the average citizen. This is the fundamental difference between freedom and serfdom.

Ludwig von Mises

What generates war is the economic philosophy of nationalism: embargoes, trade and foreign exchange controls, monetary devaluation, etc. The philosophy of protectionism is a philosophy of war.

Americans have a profound longing for heroes - now perhaps more than ever. We need our explorers, our sports icons, our Medal of Freedom winners, our Nobel laureates. We need our Greatest Generation warriors, our 'Sully' Sullenbergers, our Neil Armstrongs. On some level, we still subscribe to the myth of the man in the white hat.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

Our forefathers gave their lives for peace and freedom. Our generation has the responsibility to treasure what we have today.

Success is the freedom to do what you want, with whom you want, when you want, wherever you want.

Clive Owen

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

Chris Brown

My manager gave me the freedom to be creative, and I listen and learn from her every day.

I think there's a lot more pressure in a solo, but there's also a lot more freedom in it, too.

Vaclav Havel

Just as many showed their solidarity with us when we were striving for freedom, so now we must show solidarity to those who are only striving for it in uneasy conditions,

Ellen DeGeneres

I think it's sort of representative of a freedom that I have, and I know I have, and I think a lot of people don't have that,

Mel Martinez

I will always vote on the side of freedom and our right to keep and bear arms.

Relationships flourish, when individuality,freedom and growth are respected.

Norma McCorvey

I Am Roe: My Life, Roe v. Wade, and Freedom of Choice." ()

Charles Jenkins

I am thankful to the Japanese people for each day of my life I will now spend in freedom.

He's given me that freedom since I was a freshman to make those calls. We have a lot of trust in each other. It's neat we're on the same page like that.

Clint Hurdle

He's doing fine. He knows he has the freedom to play, be smart but be aggressive. We don't want to see him with a hesitant nature. We want him to play like he's 6 and playing in the backyard. He's done some nice things. He's fun to watch.

Lupita Nyong'o

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.

Tony Parker

I think with Jay Williams, he just needs more freedom. He needs to be able to play and not think. Last year I was thinking too much sometimes. When you?re thinking too much you can?t play free.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyzstan won't become a place for the fulfillment of someone else's geopolitical interests, ... We respect the interests of other nations, but the interests of our own people and state, freedom and independence of Kyrgyzstan are predominant for us.

Thomas Piketty

Private property and the market system are good not only to promote innovation and to promote growth; private property and the market system are good for our personal freedom.

Alice Walker

allowing freedom to others brings freedom to ourselves.

Albert Camus

The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one I know is freedom of thought and action.

Albert Camus

Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.

Albert Camus

After all, I do not have so many ways of proving that I am free. We is always free at the expense of someone else. It is a bother,but it is normal.

Albert Camus

Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it.

Albert Camus

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Albert Camus

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

D. H. Lawrence

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.

D. H. Lawrence

I am convinced that the majority of people to-day have good, generous feelings which they can never know, never experience, because of some fear, some repression. I do not believe that people would be villains, thieves, murderers and sexual criminals if they were freed from legal restraint.