Freedom Quotes · Page 283

In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, with much grievance.

— Lazare Carnot

There is no progress toward ultimate freedom without transformation, and this is the key issue in all lives.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

— Michael Badnarik

But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is…

— Alan Paton

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

— Albert Camus

I think you take whatever it is that you would do for free and you figure out the way to do it.

— Dana White

In exchange for freedom of inquiry, scientists are obliged to explain their work.

— Carl Sagan

“Writing, an expression of freedom, is an unobtrusive reflection of a contemplative soul.”

— Rian Nejar

“Katherine of Aragon was a staunch but misguided woman of principle; Anne Boleyn an ambitious adventuress with a penchant for vengeance; Jane…

— Alison Weir

“I argue that even as the war is framed in certain ways to control and heighten affect in relation to the differential…

— Judith Butler

An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty…

— Woodrow Wilson

“When we think of the historic struggles and conflicts of the current and past century, we naturally think of famous leaders: men…

— George Meany

When I say the grace of wildness, what I mean is its autonomy, its self-possession, the fact that it has nothing to…

— Verlyn Klinkenborg

Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded. And if you're fighting to preserve liberty…

— Nat Hentoff

“Creativity is as much about order against freedom; control versus rebellion; organisation against disorder as it is about straightforward imagination.”

— Amaya Ellman

“[F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., unmarried], which I…

— Elizabeth I

As long as each individual is facing the television tube alone, formal freedom poses no threat to privilege

— Noam Chomsky

For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.

— Monica Seles

“Freedom in the Biblical sense is always at a price; it is a costly gift, and it requires great things of us.”

— R.J. Rushdoony

If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting…

— James A. Baldwin

I want to work with non-profits that stimulate growth to the community. Whether it is economic growth, intellectual, or freedom.

— Gbenga Akinnagbe

To subject every private family to the odious visits and examination of the tax-gatherers ... would be altogether inconsistent with liberty.

— Adam Smith

“There were no golden trumpets to proclaim our freedom. There were no liberators in sight.”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

The loss of liberty which must attend being a wife was of all things the most horrible to my imagination.

— Sarah Fielding

“Close your Koran. Think in freedom and look with open mind at Heaven and Earth. Forgive everyone his sins. Don't cause anyone…

— Omar Khayyám

What's at stake is your freedom, niggas paying the price. When the judge drop the mallet, all he said was life.

— Rick Ross

One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.

— Frans Timmermans

Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety.

— Thomas Jefferson

“The only true, unchallenged, and un-legalized free-will we have is internal.”

— Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA

Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

— Nelson Mandela

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.

— Max De Pree

We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities.

— Paulo Coelho

When you understand that your self-worth is not determined by your net-worth, then you'll have financial freedom

— Suze Orman

I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

— Henry A. Kissinger

I've been able to find a lot of what I've not had before: freedom, bravery, fearlessness. It's empowering to find those things.

— Alicia Keys

I don't think anyone should have power over me, or have the right to tell me what to say or how to…

— Park Yeon-mi

“The one who has an unfailing desire to attain ultimate liberation (moksha) will in some way or other, find that path.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Never close your hands in the face of evil fate; get up and rebel against it”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

That there is also freedom in captivity, only a prisoner can claim. Coming from a prison guard, this statement would be blasphemy.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt