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- 'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
- Dag Hammarskjold on Freedom
- 137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.
- Doc Hastings on Freedom
- A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.
- Suze Orman on Freedom
- A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
- Bodhidharma on Freedom
- A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
- Lawrence Lessig on Freedom
- A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.
- Stanley Kubrick on Freedom
- A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
- Frank Lloyd Wright on Freedom
- A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
- Dan Rather on Freedom
- A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
- Albert Camus on Freedom
- A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
- Jim Morrison on Freedom
- A growing number of young women who have the freedom to decide have decided that career can wait, and the delicious early years of their children's lives can't.
- Suzanne Fields on Freedom
- A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society.
- Joseph Ratzinger on Freedom
- A lot of people out there pay good lip service to the idea of personal freedom... right up to the point that someone tries to do something that they don't personally approve of.
- Neal Boortz on Freedom
- A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman on Freedom
- A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
- Aldous Huxley on Freedom
- A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.
- Greg Walden on Freedom
- A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.
- Newt Gingrich on Freedom
- A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
- Kemal Ataturk on Freedom
- A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
- George H. W. Bush on Freedom
- A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election comes up.
- Neil Gaiman on Freedom
- A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom.
- Roald Dahl on Freedom
- A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.
- Leonard Peltier on Freedom
- A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.
- Diane Keaton on Freedom
- A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.
- Kurt Huber on Freedom
- A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.
- Jerzy Kosinski on Freedom
- After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.
- George Pataki on Freedom
- All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.
- Jim Ramstad on Freedom
- All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.
- Steven Hatfill on Freedom
- All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described.
- Conrad Black on Freedom
- All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything.
- All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.
- Isabel Allende on Freedom
- All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.
- Michelangelo Antonioni on Freedom
- All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
- Winston Churchill on Freedom
- All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it.
- Samuel Johnson on Freedom
- Although we have, in theory, abolished human slavery, recognized women's rights, and stopped child labor, we continue to enslave other species who, if we simply pay attention, show quite clearly that they experience parental love, pain, and the desire for freedom, just as we do.
- Ingrid Newkirk on Freedom
- America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.
- Brent Scowcroft on Freedom
- America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
- Lord Byron on Freedom
- America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.
- Peter Kropotkin on Freedom
- America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.
- John W. Gardner on Freedom
- America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
- John Doolittle on Freedom
- America, to me, is freedom.
- Willie Nelson on Freedom
- American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
- William J. Clinton on Freedom
- American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.
- Todd Gitlin on Freedom
- Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
- Richard M. Nixon on Freedom
- Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American.
- Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
- Alexis De Tocqueville on Freedom
- Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
- Bernadette Devlin on Freedom
- Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
- Haruki Murakami on Freedom
- An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
- Alan Greenspan on Freedom
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