Quotes about freed
freedom believe light
I will not believe our labors are lost. I shall not die without a hope that light and liberty are on a steady advance. Thomas Jefferson
freedom patriotic government
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Thomas Jefferson
freedom media liberty
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. Thomas Jefferson
freedom-of-the-press security presses
The only security of all is in a free press. Thomas Jefferson
freedom 4th-of-july men
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. Thomas Jefferson
freedom men liberty
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. Thomas Jefferson
freedom government liberty
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it. Thomas Jefferson
freedom rights sacred
The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights Thomas Jefferson
freedom judging liberty
To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Thomas Jefferson
freedom work rome
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. Taylor Caldwell
freedom thinking wish
Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think. Tacitus
freedom moving journey
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. Rollo May
freedom men hands
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. Rollo May
freedom ocean moving
Fish love the ocean. Snakes move like earth-fish inside a mountain,well away from seawater. Certain sunfish,though,turn snakes into ocean lovers. Rumi
freedom preparation fields
Loaves of bread remind us of sunlight, but when we are inside that orb,we lose interest in building ovens,in millwork and the preparation of fields before the planting. Rumi
freedom moving bird
Physical existence is so cramped.We grow old and bent over like embryos.Nine months passes;it is time to be born. The lamb wants to graze green daylight. There are ways of being born twice,of coming to where you fly,not individually like birds, but as the sun moves with his bride,sincerity. Rumi
freedom dangerous
Free of who I was, free of presence, free of dangerous fear, hope, free of mountainous wanting. Rumi
freedom two ties
Tie two birds together. They will not be able to fly, even though they now have four wings. Rumi
freedom empowerment
It comes from within. Stephen Covey
freedom believe yield
When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation. Stephen Covey
freedom independent giving
Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance. Stephen Covey
freedom decision empowerment
Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. Stephen Covey
freedom passion empowerment
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions Stephen Covey
freedom integrity independent
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source. And you have the will, the integrity, to subordinate your feelings, your impulses, your moods to those values. Stephen Covey
freedom positive-thinking control-myself
If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself. Stephen Covey
freedom-to-choose
No one can take away my freedom to choose how I will react. Viktor E. Frankl
freedom attitude positive-thinking
One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. Viktor E. Frankl
freedom eye giving
The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free... Utah Phillips
freedom men liberty
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. Soren Kierkegaard
freedom thinking people
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Soren Kierkegaard
freedom government order
As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom. Thomas B. Macaulay
freedom civilization democracies-have
I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both. Thomas B. Macaulay
freedom 4th-of-july learning
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas B. Macaulay