Freedom Quotes · Page 208

“When a nation was faced with a choice between abstract principle or complete self-interest, it took self-interest every time.”

— Jack L. Chalker

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

— Alan Dershowitz

There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.

— Samuel Johnson

Feeling trapped inside. With no place to hide. Freedom is so near. But there is always fear.

— Anonymous

I always had the impression England never came to competitions with freedom of mind. They are so afraid of mistakes.

— Gianfranco Zola

Except when he has regressive tendencies, the child's nature is to aim directly and energetically at functional independence.

— Maria Montessori

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.

— Silvio Berlusconi

It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom.

— Tara Brach

“Without the pieces there can be no whole and without the whole the pieces have no place. What the hell does that…

— Bryan Oftedahl

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned…

— Omar Bongo

“Moreover, it is curious how democracy favours breeding over immigration. Offspring have a presumed right to citizenship, while potential immigrants do not.…

— David Benatar

Life, lift the full goblet--away with all sorrow-- The circle of friendship what freedom would sever? To-day is our own, and a…

— Franklin P. Adams

Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights,…

— Michael Lind

“Locke said that there is a circle of freedom surrounding each person and all people at birth. And within that circle is…

— Mark R. Levin

There are quite a lot of people asking for a painting so I'm not able to fulfil all their wishes. And this…

— Norbert Bisky

We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Female freedom always means sexual freedom, even when—especially when—it is seen through the prism of economic freedom.”

— Toni Morrison

[God brought African slaves to America] so that their descendants would know freedom.

— Ezola B. Foster

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

— Wayne Dyer

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other…

— Judith Guest

“A grateful mindset can set you free from the prison of disempowerment and the shackles of misery.”

— Steve Maraboli

Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.

— William Jackson Harper

We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day.

— Ronald Reagan

“Friendship evangelism' is the freedom to Agape others without an agenda (Young)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

“I don't want comfort. I want poetry. I want danger. I want freedom. I want goodness. I want sin.”

— Aldous Huxley

“A slave that acknowledges its enslavement is halfway to its liberation.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Racism is so extreme and so pervasive in our American society that no black individual lives in an atmosphere of freedom.

— Margaret Walker

“Love isn't truly the body. Love is freedom to roam the heart and mind of the beloved.”

— Colleen McCullough

Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings.

— Rumi

“We once again see the painful reality of the spineless political intelligentsia”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

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

— Anonymous

Why would North Korea people care if they have nukes or not? All they want is food. They want freedom.

— Park Yeon-mi

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

— Subhas Chandra Bose

Without our Veterans we wouldn't have the FREEDOM to chase our dreams. Thanks for your bravery and sacrifices. Happy Veterans Day

— Sonya Parker

“Your level of autonomy, ability and availability determines how flexible and free you are to make choices.”

— Richie Norton

The world can only be free when men are content in themselves and each draws from his own fountain.

— George William Russell

The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness.

— Anonymous

Liberty is the right to do what I like; licence, the right to do what you like.

— Bertrand Russell

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!! Land of the free, because of the brave! Thinking of all the men and women who make our…

— Anonymous

Your readiness to suffer will light the torch of freedom which will never be put out.

— Mahatma Gandhi