Freedom Quotes

"Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom"

Henri Bergson, Philosopher

"I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have"

Jacqueline Bisset, Actress

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom"

Viktor E. Frankl, Psychologist

"There are only two roads, victory for the working class, freedom, or victory for the fascists which means tyranny. Both combatants know what's in store for the loser"

Buenaventura Durruti, Revolutionary

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom"

George Washington Carver, Scientist

"It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease"

Elfriede Jelinek, Playwright

"Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons"

Garrett Hardin, Environmentalist

"Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all"

Garrett Hardin, Environmentalist

"The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress"

Ramana Maharshi, Philosopher

"I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before"

Cat Stevens, Musician

"The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality"

Condoleezza Rice, Statesman

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it"

Kevyn Aucoin, Artist

"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, Theologian

"Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery"

Wayne Dyer, Psychologist

"I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life"

Richard Branson, Businessman

"Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi"

Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer

"Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men"

Mortimer Adler, Philosopher

"Freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association are important principles that are essential for the functioning of a democratic society"

Abdullah Gul, President

"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, Politician

"Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for"

Charles Kennedy, Politician

"I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use"

Dave Sim, Cartoonist

"All we can do is play ball. Every time we go out on the field, we do what we do in America - live in the freedom that our country affords us"

Tim Salmon

"Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic"

Robert Rodriguez, Director

"The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other"

David Riesman, Sociologist

"I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future"

Jim Gibbons, Politician

"The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people"

Phil Gramm, Politician

"The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom"

Frederick Forsyth, Author

"But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote"

Lucy Stone, Activist

"I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties"

Jeremy Renner, Actor

"Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose"

Yukihiro Matsumoto, Scientist

"I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with"

William Kempe, Actor

"I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream"

Thomas Francis Meagher, Soldier

"The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry"

James Truslow Adams, Historian

"There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A"

Deana Carter, Musician

"One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought"

Dan Savage, Writer

"The main thing I believe in is freedom"

Charles Evers, Activist

"I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it's from there that all those who fought left. We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks"

Ahmed Ben Bella, Politician

"Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children"

Steve Wozniak, Businessman

"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, Politician

"There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation"

Wynton Marsalis, Musician

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