Freedom Quotes

"Pursuing your passion is fulfilling and leads to financial freedom"

"Now, do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely, there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty"

Chris Christie, Politician

"I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life"

Paul Getty, Businessman

"Your Guardians of Freedom is a new program that enables unit commanders and Airmen to quickly communicate with people affected by and interested in the mobilization and deployment of military people"

Michael Burgess, Congressman

"The proletariat uses the State not in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the State as such ceases to exist"

Friedrich Engels, Philosopher

"Freedom is the recognition of necessity"

Friedrich Engels, Philosopher

"Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror"

Michael Bloomberg, Politician

"The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom"

Max von Sydow, Actor

"No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies"

Dean Acheson, Statesman

"The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect"

Howard Coble, Politician

"Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment"

Gerry Adams, Politician

"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained"

James A. Garfield, President

"We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom"

Bill Owens, Politician

"A renewed commitment to the freedom and opportunity of our people is the touchstone of our time. In this new century, where tests are many and challenges change with the shifting of the wind, we must hold fast to the principles that have made our nation the envy of the world"

Bill Owens, Politician

"When you look at the world, everyone in the world who cares about his or her family wants to have a major portion of their assets in the United States because we are the growth country and the freedom loving country"

Arthur Laffer, Economist

"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists"

Abbie Hoffman, Activist

"Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital"

Arthur Laffer, Economist

"I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security"

Bill Owens, Politician

"The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement"

Anna Lindh, Politician

"When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more"

John Adams, President

"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit"

Eminem, Musician

"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, Politician

"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once"

Robert A. Heinlein, Writer

"Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom"

Horst Koehler, Statesman

"I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible"

Boyd Rice, Artist

"We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure"

John Grierson, Director

"The freedom of all is essential to my freedom"

Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary

"Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying"

Mikhail Bakunin, Revolutionary

"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, Sociologist

"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, Revolutionary

"We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun"

William Glasser, Psychologist

"Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men"

Bede Griffiths, Clergyman

"Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism"

Michel Foucault, Historian

"I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy words"

Anna Quindlen, Journalist

"Freedom is like a cucumber, you have to eat it fresh"

Ismail Kadare, Novelist

"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, Clergyman

"Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give"

David O. McKay, Clergyman

"There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before"

Malcolm Wallop, Politician

"Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin"

Wendell Willkie, Lawyer

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