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- Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.
- Robert Jackson on Freedom
- Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
- Theodor Adorno on Freedom
- Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
- Kris Kristofferson on Freedom
- Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
- Mikhail Bakunin on Freedom
- 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 on Freedom
- Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
- Jim Morrison on Freedom
- Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.
- Robert Dale Owen on Freedom
- Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
- Charles Schumer on Freedom
- God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
- John Calvin on Freedom
- Government has the role of suiting people for freedom. People aren't made for freedom spontaneously. There's sort of a 19-year race between when people are born and when they become adults. And government has a role in making them, at the end of 19 years, suited to be upright, trustworthy repositories of popular sovereignty.
- George Will on Freedom
- Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
- William Hague on Freedom
- Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
- Friedrich Schiller on Freedom
- Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.
- Alan Dershowitz on Freedom
- Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.
- Dennis Prager on Freedom
- Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.
- Molly Ivins on Freedom
- Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.
- Freida Pinto on Freedom
- He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe on Freedom
- He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
- Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach on Freedom
- Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.
- Diane Kruger on Freedom
- Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.
- Benjamin Carson on Freedom
- Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
- Graham Greene on Freedom
- Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
- Herbert Spencer on Freedom
- History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower on Freedom
- History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.
- Tim Pawlenty on Freedom
- History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution.
- History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.
- Milton Friedman on Freedom
- How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
- Soren Kierkegaard on Freedom
- How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.
- Roger Stone on Freedom
- How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
- William Wordsworth on Freedom
- How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.
- Karl Rahner on Freedom
- Human beings crave freedom at their core.
- John Ensign on Freedom
- Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
- Aung San Suu Kyi on Freedom
- 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.
- Aung San Suu Kyi on Freedom
- Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
- Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
- John Ralston Saul on Freedom
- I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.
- I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
- Stephen Fry on Freedom
- I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.
- Nick Clegg on Freedom
- I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
- Frederick Douglass on Freedom
- I am conservative with a small 'c.' It's possible to be conservative in fiscal policy, and tolerant on moral issues or questions of freedom of expression.
- Mick Jagger on Freedom
- I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
- Robert A. Heinlein on Freedom
- 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.
- Jim Morrison on Freedom
- I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.
- Marilyn Monroe on Freedom
- I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
- I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
- Oriana Fallaci on Freedom
- I am not an anti to anything which will bring freedom to my class.
- Mary Harris Jones on Freedom
- I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.
- Natan Sharansky on Freedom
- I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.
- Tiffeny Milbrett on Freedom
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.
- Mikhail Bakunin on Freedom
- I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.
- Roger Ebert on Freedom
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