Freedom Quotes · Page 286

Many people are interested in their behavior among people; I am interested in my behavior alone.

— Ilkin Santak

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all…

— Newt Gingrich

Every new form of liberation is destined to eventually become another form of enslavement for most of its adherents.

— Peter J. Carroll

Temperament, like liberty, is important despite how many crimes are committed in its name.

— Louis Kronenberger

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

— Alan Dershowitz

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

— Jack L. Chalker

I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies…

— R. Madhavan

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human…

— Michael Novak

Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands…

— Lyn Nofziger

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I…

— J. K. Rowling

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the…

— John C. Calhoun

To say "I accept" in an age like our own is to say that you accept concentration-camps, rubber truncheons, Hitler, Stalin, bombs,…

— George Orwell

What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America.…

— Bruce Catton

“That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well-regulated militia composed of the Body of the…

— Mark Goodwin

Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush, from mad pursuit, from unrest,…

— Josef Pieper

“Shoulds' come only from leftover thinking. If we are truly in this moment (the only one there really is), we don’t should…

— Kelly Corbet

We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.

— Roger Ailes

Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?

— Ron Paul

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand…

— Willie Nelson

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

— Toni Morrison

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

— Tara Brach

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

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

— Gianfranco Zola

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

— Anonymous

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

— Samuel Johnson

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

— Wayne Dyer

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

— Ezola B. Foster

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

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

— Aldous Huxley

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

— R. Alan Woods

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

— Ronald Reagan

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

— William Jackson Harper

“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

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

— Margaret Walker

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Richie Norton

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

— Sonya Parker