Freedom Quotes · Page 378

My parents were lovers of books, and they raised us in a manner that viewed freedom and subversion as indispensable.

— Leila Slimani

The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.

— Barack Obama

I'm an American who loves an America which doesn't exist, which is a land of freedom and free ideas.

— Bill Hicks

Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.

— Virgil Abloh

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.

— Pope John Paul II

I loved my freedom as an adolescent, and I'd love to be an adolescent again.

— Isabelle Adjani

When you live a life devoid of ritual and convention, with honesty and self-effacement, then you are on the road to freedom.

— Frederick Lenz

“If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory… you have a dream.”

— A.E. Samaan

A people who free themselves from foreign domination will be free culturally only if, without complexes and without underestimating the importance of…

— Amilcar Cabral

A lot of people don't know this about Wu-Tang, it started from a focused mind. I was given total autonomy to do…

— Rza

“There are members of our body politic who tell us that the public interest is best served when government action is reduced…

— Alexander Meiklejohn

Many people want payback and to see others suffer. Forgiveness is the key to freedom. You can choose to be enslaved and…

— Iyanla Vanzant

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to…

— Andy Garcia

In the government, we have a very important responsibility to protect the rights of our pastors and religious leaders. They have the…

— Steve Daines

Adults don't know how to respect and really love their young ones. Often love is confused with possession. You say "this is…

— Dacia Maraini

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an…

— Michael D. Higgins

“When man lost touch with his humanity he had no reason to walk along the higher path.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

To let the child do as he likes when he has not yet developed any powers of control is to betray the…

— Maria Montessori

I found a really cheap Visograph printer on Craigslist and drove down to Pennsylvania to pick it up and that really gave…

— Charles Forsman

We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.

— Doc Hastings

“No wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession.”

— Henry David Thoreau

It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass.

— Emile Faguet

Today - wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history - our Nation can declare another essential freedom.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work…

— Andy Garcia

I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price…

— James Q. Wilson

Pennsylvanians deserve the freedom to walk down the street without fear.

— Josh Shapiro

The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves.

— Gilbert Baker

Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission.

— Bulent Ecevit

In 2009, the American Library Association recorded 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom.

— Andrew Shaffer

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will…

— Jim Rohn

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

— George Santayana

There have been days when I sought respite from my life, only to find myself calling every hour to check on it.

— Robert Breault

Freedom doesnt give us the right to do what we please, but to do what pleases God. have a blessed day today…

— Anonymous

“. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”

— John Marshall

The human race finds itself in a better situation when it has the higher level of freedom.

— Dante Alighieri

My father fled Cuba, and I will fight to defend liberty because my family knows what it's like to lose it.

— Ted Cruz

“I chose them not because they are perfect, but because they are alive, because they are free”

— Veronica Roth

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

— Dennis Chavez

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

— Lech Walesa

The freedom to kill is not a true freedom, but a tyranny that reduces human beings to slavery.

— Pope Benedict XVI