Quotes about free
freedom philosophical men
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. Marcus Tullius Cicero
free-thought our-thoughts
Our thoughts are free.
freedom power threat
To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
freedom recovery splendid
The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it.
freedom men people
What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.
freedom liberty tyranny
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
freedom evil hard
It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
freedom libertarian fangs
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
freedom may
Freedom unexercised may become freedom forfeited. Margaret Chase Smith
freedom-of-speech speech free-speech
I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech. Larry the Cable Guy
freedom tactics states
So there's only one tactic for the state: kill the seers. Pablo Picasso
freedom artist focus
The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future.
freedom artist expression
...the right to free expression is something one seizes, not something one is given.... if it does exist, it exists to be used against the established order.... There is absolute opposition between the artist and the state.
freedom wings
I always preferred having wings to having things. Patricia Schroeder
freedom kissing anarchy
Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy. Oscar Wilde
freedom land water
England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland. Lydia M. Child
freedom champion liberty
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. Mark Twain
freedom mean men
Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.
freedom silent nazi
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.
freedom liberty opinion
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. Mary McCarthy
freedom labor-day pleasure
The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.
freedom people amsterdam
...And in freedom, most people find sin. John Green
freedom writing wrong-words
Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words. Patti Smith
freedom loneliness possession
Freedom' is the most expensive possession there is; it has to be paid for with loneliness. Martha Gellhorn
freedom school differences
The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing. Marshall McLuhan
freedom men solitude
A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. In solitude alone can he know true freedom. Michel de Montaigne
free-gifts expensive
There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.
freedom school self-confidence
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 sound out of the school of severity and restraint.
freedom power self
True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.
free-education fire people
People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like free education, and the fire department, and police protection, and everything else. It drives me bonkers, because it's pretty straightforward to me. Michael Schur
freedom war artist
The paradox of the culture wars is that they have made celebrities out of some artists who would otherwise vanish. Censorship has become a growth industry. This may be the best argument, in the end, for unfettered freedom of expression. Michael Kimmelman
freedom blood law
All gentle cant and philosophizing to the contrary notwithstanding, no people in this world ever did achieve their freedom by goody-goody talk and moral suasion: it being immutable law that all revolutions that will succeed, must begin in blood.
freedom heart mouths
We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.