Freedom Quotes · Page 230

A free man will ask neither what his country can do for him nor what he can do for his country.

— Milton Friedman

Over time, the more we bring China into the world, the more the world will bring freedom to China.

— William J. Clinton

I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body; women, for example - out of the prison of corsets.

— Isadora Duncan

There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

— Barry Goldwater

If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.

— Jack Adams

It's very funny. People do not want to achieve liberation or be happy. This is the basic guideline they teach you in…

— Frederick Lenz

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth

— Henrik Ibsen

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

— Stokely Carmichael

“Consider the blundering anarchic system of the United States the stupidity of some of its lawmakers, the violent reaction, the slowness of…

— John Steinbeck

What bitter anguish would not the people of Athens have often escaped if their government had contained so provident a safeguard against…

— Alexander Hamilton

The only thing I really wanted was the freedom to be able to get what I want on film. I’ve dealt with…

— Martin Scorsese

“ What is a woman's place in this modern world? Jasnah Kholin's words read. I rebel against this question, though so many…

— Brandon Sanderson

“When you’re in the wild, there’s nothing to hide behind. No bars or credit cards or movie theatres or cell phones or…

— Shannon M Mullen

Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against…

— Woodrow Wilson

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their…

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

“How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to…

— Augustine of Hippo

“The only freedom of choice you have is the ability to define your own path and destiny.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Too much freedom is dangerous to those who cannot cope with the responsibilities that accompany independence.”

— Anonymous

There's a little bit more of a freedom when you're doing radio play-by-play as opposed to television. I prefer the television side…

— Joe Buck

I could live without my phone. And one thing I'd love to do is experience having the freedom that kids had back…

— Millie Bobby Brown

People have a deep need to be legislators, and the idea of autonomy has become very precious.

— Martha C. Nussbaum

“For at the heart of freedom lies a grand paradox: the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.”

— Os Guinness

A handwritten Declaration of Independence was on my bedroom wall and the Founding Fathers were above my desk in college.

— Jake Auchincloss

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

— Edith Hamilton

You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.

— Sheldon B. Kopp

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to…

— Margaret Atwood

“The day is brimming with freedom. He took another draw of the air. There's nothing like the clean smell of freedom, wouldn't…

— Ted Dekker

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary

— Kathleen Norris

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

— Anonymous

One cannot make a slave of a free person, for a free person is free even in a prison.

— Plato

The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.

— Thucydides

“Hollywood, Woodstock, nor the hippie culture was the source of power of the 1960's freedom movement. God was.”

— Glenn Beck

May the Lord level in the dust those who would deprive the people of their liberty.

— John Hampden

Our recovery of hope - full colour, three-dimensional, hard working, clear thinking, wildly radical, living hope - is our key to liberation.

— Anne Bishop

Americans' information independence is under attack, whether it's the repeal of net neutrality or the repeal of broadband privacy protections.

— Jared Polis

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

— Diane Keaton

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

— Patrick Henry

When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

When you find no more light in your life, you turn to darkness, and that's when you discover the so called freedom.

— Anonymous