Freedom Quotes

"Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society"

Emily Greene Balch, Educator

"We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom"

Jesse Ventura, Politician

"Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do"

Robin G. Collingwood, Philosopher

"The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom"

Rob Corddry, Comedian

"It the British System is the most gigantic system of slavery the world has yet seen, and therefore it is that freedom gradually disappears from every country over which England is enabled to obtain control"

Henry Charles Carey, Economist

"If you don't give your kid freedom to make choices with money, including stupid choices, he'll make plenty when he gets to college"

John Gardner, Novelist

"This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world"

John Doolittle, Politician

"Now we understand much more clearly. why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America. It's called freedom"

Rudy Giuliani, Politician

"The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised"

Ron Davies, Politician

"Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action"

Robert Shea, Author

"What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home?"

Johann G. Hamann

"I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again"

Peter Hain, Politician

"People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming"

Gwen Ifill, Journalist

"Well, where there is freedom doubt itself must be free"

Garet Garrett, Journalist

"I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves"

Tadao Ando, Architect

"People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open"

Jay Weatherill, Politician

"We had a script that was really solid and we knew how we were going to shoot and how the energy of it was going to go. So it gave us a lot of freedom to use the camera as a character"

Marguerite Moreau, Actress

"The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom"

Titus Livius, Historian

"And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it, but I mean obviously, the two evident and easy ones being Gandhi and Cry Freedom, there are things which I do care about very much and which I would like to stand up and be counted"

Richard Attenborough, Actor

"Yet our small business owners across the country are unfairly losing potential interest income on a daily basis until the Business Checking Freedom Act becomes law"

Sue Kelly, Politician

"Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech"

James L. Buckley, Politician

"They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home"

Tim Murphy, Politician

"Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from"

Vernon Howard, Author

"When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement"

Jonathan Kozol, Writer

"Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal"

Michael Novak, Philosopher

"There's no subtext in Harry Potter really; it's all magic, anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it"

Michael Gambon, Actor

"When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete"

Vaclav Havel, Leader

"I believe in full freedom for Christians of all denominations"

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Politician

"Putting out my album on my own label has been a great experience for me. It's been very inspiring. It's like a new start for me and having all this creative freedom is so liberating and exciting"

Melanie Chisholm, Musician

"It is to TV that I owe my freedom from bondage of the Latin lover roles. Television came along and gave me parts to chew on. It gave me wings as an actor"

Ricardo Montalban, Actor

"It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom"

Mary Richards

"Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again"

Marsilio Ficino, Philosopher

"Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom"

George Duke, Musician

"Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it"

Mary Landrieu, Politician

"America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world"

John Doolittle, Politician

"From watching the news one would think the Iraqis want us out of their country. But an overwhelming majority of Iraqis support our involvement there. Our freedom is contagious and we helped liberate them"

Jim Bunning, Politician

"I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule"

Andrew Shue, Actor

"Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific"

Joichi Ito, Businessman

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