Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions,… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can't… — Faye Wattleton
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom. — Calvin Coolidge
The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our… — R. D. Laing
Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems as… — Hannah Arendt
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. — Virginia Woolf
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. — James Anthony Froude
There is one expanding horror in American life. It is that our long odyssey toward liberty, democracy and freedom-for-all may be achieved in such a… — Norman Mailer
But we know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of the tyrant. As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy. — Oscar Wilde
True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet… — Michel de Montaigne
The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyze the struggle between the different… — Salman Rushdie
First of all, Buddhism is neither pessimistic nor optimistic. If anything at all, it is realistic, for it takes a realistic view of life and… — Walpola Rahula
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and adjusting… — Ilka Chase
I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come… — Rafael Palmeiro
The functional freedom that anybody can buy a gun and go out and murder a lot of people at a McDonald's is prevalent, yes. But… — J. G. Ballard
Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be. — Daniel J. Boorstin
Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and abilities to the… — James F. Byrnes
People, fearing their own extinction, are willing to accept and perpetuate hand-me-down answers to the meaning of life and death; and, fearing a weakening of… — Robert Coover
The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom. — Edward Abbey
Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the… — Edward Abbey
Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic ring to it. — Edward Abbey
I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who… — Martin Amis

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