Free Quotes

"Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states"

"Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods"

Robert Reich, Economist

"I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world"

Rick Yune, Actor

"I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. Know what I'm saying? Move past the fear"

LL Cool J, Musician

"Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"It's a sad day when the leaders of the free world engage in such deception and trickery. I voted against this unnecessary war and will continue to argue that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home"

Major R. Owens, Politician

"I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free"

LL Cool J, Musician

"This means that to man God gave a degree of free will"

Kenneth Scott Latourette, Historian

"Everyone agrees that our ultimate goal is to establish a free, open and democratic Iraqi government and bring our men and women in uniform home as soon as possible"

James T. Walsh, Politician

"We must explain the truth: There is no free lunch"

Grace Napolitano, Politician

"The victory will be only entirely and finally achieved when the whole world is free of Jews"

Julius Streicher, Soldier

"We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market"

Jim Bunning, Politician

"I mean, the way I see it is, every penny I've ever made through music is free money"

Melissa Auf der Maur, Musician

"Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same. All else is trivia"

Dee Hock, Businessman

"This band makes sure that we have whole sections of stuff that are free form so that they don't know what we are doing next, that is the fun part of playing. You are playing something that you haven't ever played before"

John Entwistle, Musician

"Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human"

Richard Gere, Actor

"Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines"

Roger Ebert, Critic

"And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust"

Simon Raven, Novelist

"A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks"

Scott McClellan, Politician

"I am convinced that the majority of American people do understand that we have a moral responsibility to foster the concepts of opportunity, free enterprise, the rule of law, and democracy. They understand that these values are the hope of the world"

Richard Lugar, Politician

"It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person"

Alice Miller, Psychologist

"I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing"

Geri Halliwell, Musician

"That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual"

Ben Harper, Musician

"While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet"

Eric S. Raymond, Author

"People gave us everything for free. We were allowed only so much film per picture, but there was no limit to the creativity. I like to say that they let us loose like wild dogs in the streets of Paris"

Helmut Newton, Photographer

"A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it"

C. J. Cherryh, Writer

"The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse"

Jules Renard, Dramatist

"As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care"

Joyce Brothers, Psychologist

"My victory is your victory. My victory is the victory of a unified party, a party that wants to propose to the Quebec people a country that is free and a country that is independent"

Pauline Marois, Politician

"I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been"

Fay Wray, Actress

"There is no free market in oil"

Peter DeFazio, Politician

"I think the blues is fine for blues players, but free blues has never made much sense to me"

Derek Bailey, Musician

"We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted to make the way we've wanted to make them. They've all been made for a price"

Joel Coen, Director

"Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me"

Alison Krauss, Musician

"To young to hold on and to old to just break free and run"

Jeff Buckley, Musician

"We must make every effort to neutralize this threat peacefully, but be ever mindful of the growing danger Iran poses not just to a safe and free America, but to our allies abroad"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can"

Joe Mantegna, Actor

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