Freedom Quotes · Page 271

In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants…

— Phillis Wheatley

“They preserved autonomy of conscience even at the cost of becoming eccentric.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“I’m not a number. I’m a free man. And here is a pot plant, novelty coffee mug and a framed picture of…

— The Prisoner

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

— John Milton

“What is the seal of liberation?— No longer being ashamed in front of oneself.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Values-oriented foreign policy of the free world would be much better, supported by the self-awareness of being on the right side of…

— Garry Kasparov

Freedom of expression is not an absolute, it comes with responsibility. But violence is not the answer.

— Anonymous

The achievement of freedom is hardly possible without the felt mourning. This ability to mourn, i.e, to give up the illusion of…

— Alice Miller

And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of…

— Anonymous

I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points…

— Thomas Jefferson

[T]he course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others. Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, I…

— George W. Bush

In my humble opinion, those who come to engage in debates of consequence, and who challenge accepted wisdom, should expect to be…

— Clarence Thomas

“First, they have small drops of moisture fall to dampen the dust of desire, and by opening the gateway of nirvana, fanning…

— Gene Reeves

You think about the Pledge of Allegiance, "liberty and justice for all." This is at the core of the American creed. The…

— Martha Minow

Freedom within any kind of social structure - the whole issue of exactly what the human animal is - is an ongoing…

— Katherine Dunn

“What is the direct cause of liberation? Dwelling in the Self (Swaramanata). The entire world dwells in the non-Self (par-ramanata).”

— Dada Bhagwan

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

— Nelson Mandela

Freedom is not doing what you want when you want. Freedom is the power to do what has to be done when…

— Hugh Douglas

History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure.

— Thurgood Marshall

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

— Robert Kennedy

If a person is ashamed of himself, it means that the next stage of development has come.

— Ilkin Santak

Liberty of conscience is for those who truly fear the Lord. A fundamental task of the state is the establishment of pure…

— John Cotton

Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.

— John C. Calhoun

“God uses failure to bring us to brokenness, to force us back to a posture of dependence.”

— Seth Barnes, Sr

While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.

— Walter Lippmann

I don't think all people yearn for freedom, actually. I think they yearn for stability.

— Tucker Carlson

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

— Alice Walker

“The ability for a woman to be free is connected with her ability to love another woman.”

— Susan Griffin

With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe.

— Peter Drucker

The very forces that liberty has set free work against the dangerous consequences of liberty.

— Ellen Key

“To free oneself from fear and hope, belief and superstition. To be free of convictions and parties.”

— Stefan Zweig

When you accept yourself you are free from the need for others to accept you.

— Bruce Jenner

When Free came together, there was a creative magic around us, something unique and different.

— Paul Rodgers

“When there is God above you, there is no ultimate liberation (moksha) there. Where there is moksha, there is no God above…

— Dada Bhagwan

“That the truest experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.”

— Paulo Coelho

The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.

— Ted Cruz

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

— Thomas Hobbes

Through the intensive aspiration of the human soul arises in man the desire for independence.

— Velupillai Prabhakaran

I need not add that freedom is a dangerous thing. But it is hardly possible that we are all cowards.

— Jack Parsons