Quotes on freedom

There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.

Author: Mahmoud Abbas

Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.

Author: Florence Allen

We should favor innovation and freedom over regulation.

Author: George Allen

Russians have a new freedom, but as long as they don't express that freedom on a public platform.

Author: Marc Almond

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Author: Hans Andersen

They gave us the freedom just to play and have fun.

Author: Anthony Anderson

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Author: Hans Anderson

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

Author: Kofi Annan

Life is a canvas, paint it with the colors of your own truth and watch a masterpiece unfold.

Author: Sophia Adams

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

Author: Billie Armstrong

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.

Author: Julian Assange

The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.

Author: Mikhail Bakunin

Freedom is a universal value.

Author: Jan Balkenende

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

Author: Amiri Baraka

And should think freedom more to prize, than all the gold in world that is.

Author: John Barbour

Younger workers should have more freedom to build their retirement nest egg.

Author: Gresham Barrett

Embrace the uniqueness that sets you apart, for conforming only leads to living a life unfulfilled.

Author: Angela Davis

Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.

Author: Les Baxter

I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.

Author: Boris Becker

The precondition to freedom is security.

Author: Rand Beers

Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.

Author: Peter Benenson

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.

Author: Henri Bergson

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

Author: Isaiah Berlin

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Author: Aneurin Bevan

Life is a canvas, paint it boldly with colors of your own choosing.

Author: Tara Westover

On the wagon sped, and I, as well as my comrades, gave a despairing farewell glance at freedom as we came in sight of the long stone buildings.

Author: Nellie Bly

Freedom isn't for wimps.

Author: Neal Boortz

It seemed to be inadmissible to give in on such a fundamental point. This would have meant that any one who would have wanted to be a terrorist could gain eventually their freedom thanks to another kidnapping.

Author: Robert Bourassa

Freedom. It's not something you go out and die for.

Author: Jack Bowman

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

Author: William Brennan

The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers.

Author: Georg Buchner

We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world.

Author: Bernhard Bulow

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

Author: Leo Buscaglia

We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons.

Author: George Bush

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Author: George Bush

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

Author: Albert Camus

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

Author: Georg Cantor

Wherever it is resisted, slaver dies away and freedom grows.

Author: Henry Carey

No man can given anybody his freedom.

Author: Stokely Carmichael

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

Author: Deana Carter

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

Author: Jimmy Carter

My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.

Author: Emanuel Celler

The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.

Author: Michel Certeau

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.

Author: Dennis Chavez

Living a life true to oneself is like finding the rarest gem in a bottomless sea of imitation.

Author: Luna Garcia

To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone.

Author: Christo

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

Author: Thomas Church

I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

Author: Thomas Church

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Author: Marcus Cicero

For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.

Author: Emile Cioran

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

Author: Emile Cioran

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.

Author: Kurt Cobain

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

Author: David Coe

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

Author: Sidonie Colette

If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.

Author: Alice Cooper

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.

Author: Rob Corddry

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

Author: Walter Cronkite

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

Author: Clarence Darrow

When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority.

Author: Tom Daschle

The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised.

Author: Ron Davies

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way.

Author: Peter Davison

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

Author: Stockwell Day

We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.

Author: Charlie Dent

Freedom is living without chains.

Author: Indra Devi

To live a life filled with purpose and passion, one must dare to break free from the chains of conformity.

Author: Maya Angelou

In a world full of conformity, embracing your uniqueness is a rebellious act of self-love.

Author: Tara Westover

Dare to be different, for in the sea of conformity lies the truest form of freedom.

Author: Ava Crawford

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

Author: James Douglas

I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized.

Author: Matt Drudge

Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.

Author: George Duke

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street an Broadway.

Author: Will Durant

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

Author: Friedrich Durrenmatt

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

Author: Friedrich Durrenmatt

Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that I enjoy, I never tire.

Author: John Dyer

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Author: Bob Dylan

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Author: Bob Dylan

Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

Author: Friedrich Ebert

That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich

Life is a canvas, paint it with your true colors and brush away the expectations of others.

Author: Ashley Thompson

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

Author: Eliot Engel

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

Author: Friedrich Engels

The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist.

Author: Friedrich Engels

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

Author: Brian Eno

Human beings crave freedom at their core.

Author: John Ensign

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

Author: Epictetus

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Author: Epictetus

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Author: Arthur Erickson

The main thing I believe in is freedom.

Author: Charles Evers

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

Author: Louis Farrakhan

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

Author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

Author: Colin Firth

The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.

Author: Mike Fitzpatrick

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.

Author: Milos Forman

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.

Author: Erich Fromm

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

Author: Robert Frost

A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.

Author: Neil Gaiman

There's no subtext in Harry Potter really; it's all magic, anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it.

Author: Michael Gambon

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

Author: Mohandas Gandhi

I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.

Author: Boy George

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly.

Author: Jim Gerlach

Love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth.

Author: Mark Twain

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

Author: Edward Gibbon

The only way to truly be free is to embrace the messiness of life and dance in its chaos.

Author: Brene Brown

I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law.

Author: Gary Gilmore

The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.

Author: Andrew Goodman

Freedom is such a gift.

Author: Ryan Gosling

An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.

Author: Alan Greenspan

Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

Author: Kay Gusmao

At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.

Author: David Guterson

Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.

Author: Johann Hamann

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Author: Garrett Hardin

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.

Author: Friedrich Hayek

The only limits that exist are the ones you place upon yourself; break free and soar beyond the unreachable.

Author: Serena Williams

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

Author: E. Hoffmann

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.

Author: Ernest Holmes

Embrace the chaos within you, for it holds the seeds of endless possibilities.

Author: Anais Nin

Embrace your uniqueness, for in a world that thrives on conformity, being yourself is a rebellious act of liberation.

Author: Jennifer Lopez

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

Author: Vernon Howard

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.

Author: Vernon Howard

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

Author: Vernon Howard

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Author: Elbert Hubbard

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.

Author: Elbert Hubbard

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man.

Author: Hubert Humphrey

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

Author: Aldous Huxley

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.

Author: Thomas Huxley

It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.

Author: Elfriede Jelinek

Freedom is not enough.

Author: Lyndon Johnson

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

Author: Lyndon Johnson

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Author: E. Jones

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class!

Author: Mother Jones

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

Author: Grace Kelly

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

Author: Moira Kelly

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Author: Martin King, Jr.

What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.

Author: Klaus Kinski

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Author: Kris Kristofferson

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

Author: Stanley Kubrick

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

Author: Aung Kyi

That profound night freedom was agreeable and exciting.

Author: Carmen Laforet

I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom.

Author: Rose Lane

There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed.

Author: James Larkin

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Author: Vladimir Lenin

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses.

Author: Vladimir Lenin

When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state.

Author: Vladimir Lenin

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.

Author: Lawrence Lessig

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Author: A. Liebling

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Author: Abraham Lincoln

The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement.

Author: Anna Lindh

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

Author: Walter Lippmann

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Author: Titus Livius

But Freedom Strike was actually quite cool.

Author: Tone Loc