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Freedom Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike...Unless we return to the crude and nursery-like belief in…
- God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?
- The lost enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded.
- Obedience is the road to freedom, humility the road to pleasure, unity the road to personality.
- Obedience is the road to freedom.
- Time is the very lens through which ye see -- small and clear, as men see through the wrong end of a telescope -- something…
- Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under…
- Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I…
- The humans live in time but our Enemy destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to…
- I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.
- That thing is Freedom: the gift whereby ye most resemble your Maker and are yourselves part of eternal reality.
More Freedom Quotes
- Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood