Quotes about free
freedom thinking people
Formerly no one was allowed to think freely; now it is permitted, but no one is capable of it any more. Now people want to think only what they are supposed to think, and this they consider freedom. Oswald Spengler
freedom sleep law
Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made. Otto von Bismarck
freedom journey liberty
It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance. Ossie Davis
freedom self sake
Freedom is indivisible, and either we are working for freedom or you are working for the sake of your self-interests and I am working for mine. June Jordan
freedom power african-american
Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires ... June Jordan
freedom real able
What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did. Joyce Meyer
freedom house cows
Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more. Martin Luther
freedom-of-speech speech free-speech
Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have. Mark Thomas
freedom discipline mind
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. Mortimer Adler
freedom historical tasks
The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves... Paulo Freire
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 perfect healthy
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. Patrick Henry
freedom jealous blessing
Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earlthy blessings - give us that precious jewel, and you may take every things else! . . . Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Patrick Henry
freedom law america
The Constitution is not a law, but it empowers the people to make laws... The Constitution tells us what shall not be a lawful tender... The legislature has ceded up to us the privilege of enacting such laws as are not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States... The different states, and even Congress itself, have passed many laws diametrically contrary to the Constitution of the United States... Joseph Smith, Jr.
freedom gun-control weapons
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves. Joseph Stalin
freedom sky blue
Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person. Nhat Hanh
freedom attachment people
If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer. Nhat Hanh
freedom hero democracies-have
In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival. Noam Chomsky
free-market circulation labor
Free markets are based on the free circulation of labor. If you don't have free circulation of labor, you don't have free markets. Noam Chomsky
freedom race fearless
Freedom's soil hath only place For a free and fearless race! John Greenleaf Whittier
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 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. Mark Twain
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 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. Michel de Montaigne
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. Michel de Montaigne
freedom power self
True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything. Michel de Montaigne