Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abbie Hoffman

You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.

Adrienne Rich

... how have I used rivers, how have I used wars to escape writing of the worst thing of all-- not the crimes of other, not even our own death, but the failure to want our freedom passionately enough so that blighted elms, sick rivers, massacres would seem mere emblems of that desecration of ourselves?

Adam Michnik

As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.

Abe Fortas

The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second, of the emancipation of the individual within that system of necessary restraints.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal. It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.

Abraham Lincoln

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Abraham Lincoln

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

Abraham Lincoln

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

Abraham Lincoln

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

Abraham Lincoln

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.

As a physician, I would never encroach upon the religious freedoms of my patients.

Alvin Lee

It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.

Archibald MacLeish

There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream.

It is without doubt that freedoms of the press and speech need to be protected, but there are undisputed limits to these freedoms, limits that often come into play when national security is threatened.

Walter Lippmann

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

Dannel Malloy

Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It's in our Constitution. It's in most state constitutions.

Lord Acton

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

Trademark law must not be used to inhibit the freedom of speech in this powerful and important medium.

I think artists need the freedom to fail and I gave myself that freedom.

Rachel Corrie

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

Penn Jillette

Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.

Tom Smothers

They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.

Tom Smothers

Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking.

Caroline Winberg

In a relationship, it's important to make each other laugh. To give each other freedom, support each other and be proud of each other.

Sophocles

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.

Brooke Shields

I think once you have children, you just don't have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed!

Ben Shapiro

The violation of press freedoms has been egregious under this administration, even as the press fetes President Obama as an honest and effective commander-in-chief.

We are living in the 21st century. It is time we respect our elephants, give them their freedom and put them in a sanctuary.

James Madison

Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other nation.

Cynthia Ozick

Why do men carry guns and build prison camps, when the nurturing earth is made for freedom?