Freedom Quotes

Possibility means freedom. The measure of freedom enters into the concept of man. That the objective possibilities exist for people not to die of hunder and that people do die of hunger, has its importance, or so one would have thought. But the existence of the objective conditions, of possibilities or of freedom is not yet enough: it is necessary to know them, and know how to use them.

~ Antonio Gramsci

Fear is the possibility of freedom.

~ Peter Stamm

This is our Country, there is nobody else who is going to come from outside to defend us. We need to wake up and defend ourselves to make this Country a beautiful and better Country for all of us.

~ Peter Ombedha

The only thing crueler than a cage sosmall that a bird can’t fly is a cage solarge that a bird thinks it can fly.

~ Caroline Kepnes

Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you never had.

~ Bryant Mcgill

If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.

~ Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Don't hold on too long;to which does not belong, Don't shed a tear; for all the pain that's gone,Create a new;from the wisdom of the past, Open your heart wider, as storms do not last.

~ Nikki Rowe

Freedom isn't a static point. It's spectrum from absolute to none at all, and is usually inversely proportional to safety.

~ M.l. Wulff

Peri went to the window, gesturing out at the dragons, perched and flying, everywhere. Safe, true, but how boring! How confining! How sad! How could that compare with this? And what is safe? You were not safe on your little farm. War came to you and took all your safety away! If I am to be in this world, I want more than to be a hound upon the game board, tucked away in a corner until the jackals come and sweep all away!

~ Mercedes Lackey

The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It operated from the inside through self-hate and self-doubt, and from the outside through the police, carnivorous landlords, and the welfare system.

~ Junius Williams

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a more convenient season.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

You told me once that freedom was my right.” I held his gaze. “Maybe you should do something with it.

~ Samantha Shannon

That’s the worst part, that so many would not value their own unique abilities, not value themselves, much less respect those who have fought and died so that they could live free to make the choice to surrender that precious right of choice –long with their gift and individuality.”She gripped the blanket in a fist. “I often think that the y deserve everything they’re going to get. I only regret that those of us who value what we have will suffer the same fate. They’re the ones I fight for. The rest of them be damned.”Alex swallowed at the pain so clearly evident in her voice. “We have people like that in our world, too. People who say that freedom is no longer practical, that we must surrender it for a greater common good.”“Fear them,” she whispered. “They are the heart of evil. They tolerate tyranny, excuse it, compromise with it. In doing so they always bring savagery and death upon the rest of us.

~ Terry Goodkind

...though the Elders are connected to the Great Spirit, they are still only elves.

~ Craig R. Key

The freedom to share one's insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienabl e right of humanity that, as a universal human right, is above all the rights of princes.

~ Carl Friedrich Bahrdt

We wouldn't have to take your rights away if you'd just stop exercising them.

~ Carl-John X. Veraja

A right doesn't include the material implementation of that right by other men,it includes only the freedom to earn that implementation by one's own effort.

~ Ayn Rand

Freedom is that which comes from knowledge, the freedom that comes from curiosity, the freedom that comes from the times when the first man did not refuse to look into a telescope and discovered other planets, the freedom that comes from those who tried relentlessly when all others said it was impossible. It is in this freedom that deviance has its roots.

~ Massimo Marino

With each passing day, I become more and more convinced that the greatest threat to American freedom is the United States government.

~ Michelle Templet

I know the consequences, Manon,” Ilyse conceded. “I know the fate you endured might one day be my own. But I refuse to be a prisoner for the rest of my life.

~ Melika Dannese Lux

Freedom. Freedom of religion. Freedom to speak their mind. Freedom to build a life. And yes, freedom to build a business. With their own hands. This is the essence of the American experience.

~ Mitt Romney

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think if we get freedom for women, then they are probably going to do a lot of things that I wish they wouldn't do. But it seems to me that isn't our business to say what they should do with it. It is our business to see that they get it.

~ Alice Paul

The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness.

~ John O'donohue

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things.

~ Clarence Thomas

Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone.

~ Margaret Sanger

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion.

~ Tom Wolfe

My attitude is govern as if you've run your last race. That's not to say I've run my last race, but govern with a liberation and a freedom; change your mind frame to operate that way.

~ Rahm Emanuel

The old university attitude of 'publish or perish' has changed. Students and academics are realising that institutions such as Imperial College are also wealth-generators. It is very satisfying to be in a university where you have the freedom to innovate and yet know that there is a path to translate your work into industry.

~ Chris Toumazou

The money is in a different league these days, of course, but I have special memories of the 60s and 70s which players today don't have. There wasn't the same celebrity attitude and media exposure. We had a bit more freedom.

~ Peter Shilton

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

~ Winston Churchill

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

~ Nikos Kazantzakis

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

~ John F. Kennedy

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

~ John Adams

I believe in an India of pluralism and diversity, not of religious bigotry and caste politics. I believe in an India that is secure in itself and confident of its place in the world, an India that is a proud example of tolerance, freedom and hope for the downtrodden.

~ Shashi Tharoor

When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

~ John Adams

Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?

~ Abdullah Ii Of Jordan

I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.

~ Carine Roitfeld

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

~ Rand Paul

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.

~ Lech Walesa