Famous Quotes & Sayings

Salman Rushdie

Both John F. Kennedy and Nelson Mandela use the same three-word phrase which in my mind says it all, which is, 'Freedom is Indivisible,' you can't slice it up, otherwise it ceases to be freedom. You can dislike Charlie Hedbo. ... But the fact that you dislike them has nothing to do with their right to speak.

Salman Rushdie

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

William Cowper

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.

William Cowper

No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.

Wayne LaPierre

Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Alone, no one wins freedom.

Thomas B. Macaulay

As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom.

Thomas B. Macaulay

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both.

Thomas B. Macaulay

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 Hobbes

Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money.

Tim Berners-Lee

Freedom of connection with any application to any party is the fundamental social basis of the internet. And now, is the basis of the society built on the internet.

Tim Berners-Lee

It's time to recognise the Internet as a basic human right, that means guaranteeing affordable access for all, ensuring Internet packets are delivered without commercial or political discrimination, and protecting the privacy and freedom of Web users regardless of where they live.

Thomas Jefferson

But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth. Within that, it is a noble institution, equally the friend of science and of civil liberty.

Thomas Campion

Lost is our freedom When we submit to women so: Why do we need 'em When, in their best, they work our woe?

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

O Liberty...! is it well To leave the gates unguarded?

Russell Means

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.

Russell Means

You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless you have a free society based upon the integrity of the individual. If you have a responsible society, these other issues will not come up in a responsible society, and that is what freedom is all about.

Russell Means

Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest

Russell Means

The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.

Russell Means

I find freedom to be the most important issue facing any human being today, because without freedom, then life is pointless. The more dependent you become on centralized power, the more easily you are lead around.

Ron Paul

I am absolutely convinced, you never have to give up any of your freedoms in order to be secure.

Ron Paul

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card.

Ron Paul

Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.

Ron Paul

You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems.

Ron Paul

Only in a free society do individuals have the best chance to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their economic well-being, and achieve personal happiness... The worthy goals of civilization can only be achieved by freedom loving individuals. When government uses force, liberty is sacrificed and the goals are lost. It is freedom that is the source of all creative energy.

Ron Paul

America was founded by men who understood that the threat of domestic tyranny is as great as any threat from abroad. If we want to be worthy of their legacy, we must resist the rush toward ever-increasing state control of our society. Otherwise, our own government will become a greater threat to our freedoms than any foreign terrorist.

Ron Paul

Privacy IS freedom. Leave us alone!

Ron Paul

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.

Rosa Luxemburg

Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.

Rosa Luxemburg

Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public institution withers away, becomes a caricature of itself, and bureaucracy rises as the only deciding factor.

Rosa Parks

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

Rosa Parks

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.