We have a freer world because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in China. Those two have been… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It was actually books that started to make those pockets of freedom, which I hadn't otherwise experienced. I do see them as… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
“I wanted the syrupy taste of this small rebellion. And this stupid machine was denying that bit of freedom to me .… — Laura Bickle Copy Share Image
“It is true that freedom, when it is made up principally of privileges, insults labor and separates it from culture. But freedom… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
While an equality of rights under a limited government is possible and an essential condition of individual freedom, a claim for equality… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This place was no freedom, and Massa Day was not done. Massa had only changed his name. He was no longer "Busha"… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“Ah, this is more like it. Tchaikovsky,” said Aziraphale, opening a case and slotting its cassette into the Blaupunkt. “You won’t enjoy… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He believed in a system, a world if ye will where a man is not judged by the cut of his clothes or the color… — Cindy Brandner Copy Share Image
There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Ultimately, that's what is the foundation of so much of my politics, the belief that freedom and justice and safety are things… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
The TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from the expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness… — Harvey Dorfman Copy Share Image
A criminal has a kind of freedom by definition that the ordinary citizen doesn't have. The criminal's able to realize himself in… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
If farmers become weak the country loses self-reliance but if they are strong, freedom also becomes strong. If we do not maintain… — Rajiv Gandhi Copy Share Image
As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were brought forth under the inspiration of God to establish… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“The old school of thought would have you believe that you'd be a fool to take on nature without arming yourself with… — Ryel Kestenbaum Copy Share Image
I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
In communism, we never had any freedom - of movement, of speech, of press. We didn't even make own decisions for our… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
“If science could comprehend all phenomena so that eventually in a thoroughly rational society human beings became as predictable as cogs in… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
If we do not elect a national legislature that will hold Obama accountable, he and his radical cohorts will destroy the tree… — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
“Words unconsciously shift thoughts and feelings. One person's 'terrorist' is another's 'freedom fighter'; politicians jockey to commandeer 'family values,' and somehow you… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Today I live on an island, in a house that is sad, hard, severe, that I built for myself, solitary on a… — Curzio Malaparte Copy Share Image
We're all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer. Just… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“Passing by, the wind reads a gravestone: Here lies the free soul who was never tamed or caged or defined by a… — Alexandria Ryu Copy Share Image
“It is because we feel that we are separate from nature that we also feel it is okay to manipulate it, pollute… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Tabloids invoke freedom of speech, but they're not interested in that, they're just interested in who's shagging whom, who's got drunk. And… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The widespread distribution of private property ownership is the cornerstone of American liberty. Without it, neither our free enterprise system nor our… — Jeffrey H Reiman Copy Share Image
I like poetry because poetry - even in free verse - is formal, and it has to be very concise and packed… — Pattiann Rogers Copy Share Image
“The inner woman is the source of healing. The inner woman is the source of silence. The inner woman is the source… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
A man who wishes nothing more than daily to lose some reassuring belief, who seeks and finds his happiness in this daily… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's no harm in a child crying: the harm is done only if his cries aren't answered. ...If you ignore a baby's… — Lee Salk Copy Share Image
“The Bill of Rights was written before data-mining," he said. He was awesomely serene, convinced of his rightness. "The right to freedom… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
