This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends. — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.” — Margaret A. Edwards Copy Share Image
There shall come a day when Birds shall be free... :) and humans will see... — K Hari Kumar Copy Share Image
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. — Kierkegaard Research Centre Copy Share Image
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. — John Adams Copy Share Image
“Love and Freedom of Thoughts is a fast-acting antidote against the misanthropic cold sword of mass surveillance.” — sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann Copy Share Image
“However much we champion freedom of thought, we actually spend much of our time censoring input. We seek out publications that mirror… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public;… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Worldly possessions didn't matter much to him, but his freedom did. He could come and go as he pleased, with nothing more… — Rose Wynters Copy Share Image
“To menace the freedom of thought, religion, and personal safety of other citizens is not long permitted by a nation of free… — Gladys Hasty Carroll Copy Share Image
Disputes among natural philosophers are of use to science, as the quarrels of the great, and the clamors of the little, are… — Hal Hellman Copy Share Image
I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
In knowledge of human affairs, we should never allow our minds to be enslaved by others by subjecting ourselves to their whims.… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the Hindu religion, one can[not] have freedom of speech. A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according… — B.R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in the womb of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
Another of the qualities of science is that it teaches the value of rational thought, as well as the importance of freedom… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
“The one and only true freedom we ALL possess is what we think; and our intentions govern what we think.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I like listening to ambient music, especially in very scenic places because I think it allows for the most freedom of thought. — Caroline Polachek Copy Share Image
“Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for your life to begin and start making the most of the moment you are… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.” — Charles F. Glassman Copy Share Image
The individual cannot exist on his/her own and the collectivism should respect freedom of conscience. My struggle is about the freedom of… — Asghar Ali Engineer Copy Share Image
“Thus freedom of thought, in any valuable sense, includes freedom of speech.” — John Bagnell Bury Copy Share Image
“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.” — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the censor. [Response to questionnaire in Saturday Review, October 29 1960] ” — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop… — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“No matter what they say, we aren't free if we can't make our own choices.” — Grace Fiorre Copy Share Image
“Collaboration gives the freedom to come out form the narrow scopes of life to the field of endless possibilities.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image