Famous Quotes

"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."

Oliver Wendell Holmes on Freedom

More quotes about Freedom

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

  Ronald Reagan on Freedom

• "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."

  Nelson Mandela on Freedom

• "If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower 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

• "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Freedom

More quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

• "Old age is fifteen years older than I am."

• "Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

• "Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future."

• "The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."

• "I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!"