Freedom Quotes

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

The media bring our wars home, but only rarely have they been able to do it in complete freedom.

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order.

I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use.

I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.

Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.

The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.

The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes or even our parents' or grandparents' lifetimes.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom.

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

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.

Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.

If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere.

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.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.

Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state.

I say there is not more happiness for me than the freedom of my Homeland.

I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class.

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.