Freedom Quotes

As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind. Throughout my struggle to secure national freedom for China, I have continuously dreamed of the day when she would assume the full stature of an independent, democratic nation.

~ Chiang Kai-Shek

If I make a movie in English, the money will come from Europe, so that I can keep my independence and freedom. The way they produce in Hollywood doesn't fit me.

~ Pedro Almodóvar

Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.

~ Katharine Graham

The fact is that we cannot drill our way to independence. We cannot drill our way to freedom, and we cannot drill our way to create jobs in this country.

~ Jay Inslee

Autos for years seemed to give us freedom and independence, but when they create traffic jams and other problems in the parks, the experience of serenity in nature that visitors expect is seriously diminished, if not destroyed.

~ Michael Frome

Girl Up gives girls an opportunity and gives them a platform and starting point through which they can take it and run with it and help give girls the opportunity to have the freedom, independence and the ability to get an education.

~ Katherine Mcnamara

There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.

~ Mahmoud Abbas

It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.

~ Mahmoud Abbas

The independence once represented by the car has been replaced by cell phones and social networks, which are now at the forefront of people's expression of freedom and access. Once a symbol of 'coming of age,' many drivers are waiting longer to get their licenses.

~ John Zimmer

We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence.

~ Hjalmar Branting

For centuries, America has led the world on a long march toward freedom and democracy. Let's reclaim our clean energy leadership and lead the world toward clean energy independence.

~ John Garamendi

To me, money is independence. It gives you freedom to do what you really want to do. It allows you to not be dependent on anyone or anything, and so you can be yourself and follow your passion.

~ Joe Mansueto

Fidel Castro represents the dignity of the South American continent against empires. He's a living legend: an icon of independence and freedom across the continent.

~ Nicolas Maduro

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

~ James H. Douglas

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

~ Willie Nelson

I believe that our teachers need more freedom to be creative in the classroom in order to maximize the time students spend learning, not the time they spend taking tests.

~ Gary Herbert

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

~ Dean Kamen

In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but they needed the food of freedom that jazz offered.

~ Herbie Hancock

The Middle East is ailing. The malady stems from pervasive violence, shortages of food, water and educational opportunities, discrimination against women and - the most virulent cause of all - the absence of freedom.

~ Shimon Peres

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

~ Arlen Specter

We are a nation of immigrants, a quilt of many colors, and we've managed over more than two centuries to create a way of life that allows for a reasonable degree of upward mobility, that prizes individual liberty, promotes freedom of religion and genuinely values equal rights for all citizens.

~ Jay Parini

We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don't apologize.

~ John Henrik Clarke

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

~ Elliott Abrams

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

~ Ronald Reagan

Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does not separate religion and politics. It is partly a religion, but it is much more than that. It has a political agenda that goes far outside the realm of religion.

~ Pauline Hanson

In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.

~ Naftali Bennett

The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world - including the Islamic world, where dissidents are regularly jailed, killed, exiled or merely intimidated and silenced.

~ Ellen Willis

Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.

~ Walter Koenig

America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.

~ Parker Palmer

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

~ Frank Murphy

Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.

~ Mitt Romney

Freedom of religion is a fundamental Constitutional principle. It's a founding principle of this country.

~ Paul Ryan

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

~ Kirk Cameron

Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.

~ Nazanin Boniadi

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

~ Malcolm X

The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.

~ Markwayne Mullin

The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

~ Billy Graham

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

~ Lamar S. Smith

To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.

~ Rowan Atkinson

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

~ Linda Chavez