Freedom Quotes · Page 389

The fall of the Berlin Wall did more for the progress of freedom than all of the books written by myself or…

— Milton Friedman

True freedom is the right to say something that others don't want to hear.

— George Orwell

“Freedom is a rare gift... Quite easily taken for granted and even more easily taken away.”

— T.T. Escurel

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the…

— Brandon Boyd

Looking deeply at life as it is in this very moment, the meditator dwells in stability and freedom.

— Gautama Buddha

To be ordinary is not a choice: It is the usual freedom of men without visions.

— Thomas Merton

Of old sat Freedom on the heights The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive.

— Arthur C. Clarke

I don't live to work, I work to live my life. I'm not a slave for money! I respect anyone that can…

— Anonymous

The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone, Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A…

— Murray Gurfein

It is not your right—based on YOUR traditions, YOUR customs and YOUR habits—to deny animals THEIR freedom so you can harm them,…

— Gary Yourofsky

Actually we've had a black bourgeoisie or the makings of a black bourgeoisie for many more decades.In a sense the quest for…

— Angela Davis

Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act…

— Isabelle Eberhardt

We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a…

— Erich Fromm

I found the recording sessions very freeing because you can really try things. When you're filming something, if you're improvising a film…

— Tina Fey

Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.

— Noah Webster

Deliberation is not a particular type of speech, but a political act of collective decision-making in consideration of consequences.

— F. David Mathews

When I started my hotel company, Joie de Vivre, at the age of 26, I saw this venture as my ticket to freedom.

— Chip Conley

“He calls books freedoms. And homes too. They preserve all the good words that we so seldom use.”

— Nina George

Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland.

— James Connolly

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

— Toni Morrison

We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of…

— Barack Obama

In many ways the rise of the state was the descent of the world from freedom to slavery

— Marvin Harris

I have no money but I have You, I am rich. I have no freedom, but I believe in You, I am…

— Anonymous

Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn

— H. L. Mencken

“Who hath desires must ever fearful be; Who lives in fear cannot be counted free.”

— Robert Burton

It's true that in Cuba there are double standards, there's opportunism, and there is a lack of freedom in some ways.

— Fernando Perez

This freedom, this liberty, this beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air, usable as earth.

— Robert Hayden

You can forget anything, and actually being a part of a crowd, of a group, can itself be freeing.

— Florence Welch

Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.

— Anne Lamott

I'm not a slave to the recording industry. I have the freedom to make an album that I want to make and…

— Ziggy Marley

Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.

— Wendy Kaminer

I definitely still like writing one-liners, but I also think that I've changed a lot in that I've allowed myself freedom to…

— Tig Notaro

And now let me give the sentiment which has been, and ever will be, the governing passion of my soul: 'Liberty for…

— William Lloyd Garrison

Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott.

— Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.

— Constance Baker Motley

If information wants to be free, then that's true everywhere, not just in information technology.

— Mitch Kapor

I like the idea of playing with a bit more tactical freedom, either in a deeper role or supporting the strikers more…

— Kaka