Free Quotes

10582 Free quotes by 5241 unique authors

Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there… — D. H. Lawrence
A commercial civilization is money-oriented, profit-oriented. Commercial values always tend to wrench a society free of tradition.Economics from education to public service is being reorganized… — John Ralston Saul
Currency speculation-over a trillion dollars a day-is a tax-free activity. The notion of a tax on "day trades" or other speculative swaps was revived in… — Eric Kierans
The Internet will help achieve "friction free capitalism" by putting buyer and seller in direct contact and providing more information to both about each other. — Bill Gates
In the capitalist society there is a place and bread for all. Its ability to expand provides sustenance for every worker. Permanent unemployment is not… — Ludwig von Mises
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice… — Pope Francis
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered… — Plutarch
I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles. — Glenn Frey
One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow… — Henry David Thoreau
It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in… — Giordano Bruno
Every human soul is of infinite value, eternal, free; no human being, therefore, is so placed as not to have within his reach, in himself… — Arthur Balfour
To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. He is proud of a… — Milton Friedman
There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to evaluate new proposals… — Milton Friedman
Capitalism is not about free competitive choices among people who are reasonably equal in their buying and selling of economic power, it is about concentrating… — David Korten
Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that… — Tavis Smiley
Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he… — Ayn Rand
I am opposed to all forms of control; I am for an absolute laissez faire, free, unregulated economy. I am for the separation of the… — Ayn Rand
All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the disaster. Depressions are… — Ayn Rand
Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration… — Richard Bach
Wise guidance never violates people's Free Will. A superior who demands obedience of his subordinates should show respect for their capacity to understand, and also… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Yea, death and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To… — Khalil Gibran
What [he] is apparently objecting to is that not everyone takes his beliefs seriously. Indeed, some don't seem to respect his beliefs at all, and… — Jeffrey Shallit
Had you restrained your love, you would be free of sorrow. The greater the love, while one possesses it, the greater the sorrow when one… — Unknown Author
Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out? And we do not… — Pope Francis
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today is ever more… — Pope John Paul II

Who Wrote These Free Quotes

5,241 authors contributed a total of 10,582 Free Quotes, led by these top contributors: