Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom. — Andre Gide
Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as… — John F. Kennedy
When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the… — Thomas Jefferson
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common nature, and… — Alexander Hamilton
Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and… — Alexander Hamilton
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither. — Benjamin Franklin
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. — Benjamin Franklin
He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither. — Benjamin Franklin
America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own. — John Quincy Adams
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and… — James F. Cooper
Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of some paper preamble… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'd rather that England should be free than that England should be compulsorily sober. With freedom we might in the end attain sobriety, but in… — William Magee
What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of freedom? — John Stuart Mill
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom. — Charles Peguy
Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken. — Max Stirner
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom… — John Calvin
Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken words. Hence thou art ready… — William Gurnall
Every single one of us as Americans need to remember that freedom did not come free, as we get on our knees tonight, thank God… — Mike Huckabee
You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No,… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a… — John Boehner
Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society… — Dennis Hastert
Nobody living can ever stop me. As I go walking my freedom highway. Nobody living can make me turn back. This land was made for… — Woody Guthrie

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