Freedom is the absence of influence.

Freedom is not only the absence of external restraints. It is also the absence of irresistible internal compulsions, unmanageable passion, and uncensorable highlights.

— George Will

“Personal freedom is not the absence of inner constraint, but a realistic awareness of our motivations and the ability, in light of this knowledge,…

— Dr. Richard Ganz

Republicans define freedom as an absence of restraints imposed by government. Democrats define freedom as an absence of necessity, which government exists to reduce.…

— George Will

I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.

— DeRay Mckesson

Freedom is not the absence of obligation or restraint, but the freedom of movement within healthy, chosen parameters.

— Kristin Armstrong

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

— Wole Soyinka

“We will never arrive to the notion of total freedom, that is, the absence of cause”

— Leo Tolstoy

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. Je Suis Charlie.

— Anonymous

This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is…

— Aldous Huxley

The early American knew that freedom was nothing more than the absence of external restraint on behavior; the government could not give you freedom,…

— Frank Chodorov

“Freedom, then, is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate…

— Anonymous

“A common American error is to believe that freedom is the absence of state authority.”

— Timothy Snyder

“Every day you are the teacher for someone, what are you teaching, choose to influence everyone around you. ~Janiece Rendon Transition Strategist”

— Janiece Rendon

When my absence doesnt alter your life, then my presence has no meaning in it.

— Anonymous

Not only strive to make your presence noticed, but also contribute to make your absence felt.

— Anil Sinha