Freedom Quotes

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice.

I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me - and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management. At some point, I need to recharge.

A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.

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.

With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

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.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves.

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.

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.

But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.

Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers.

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.

I follow a set of principles, I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.