Freedom Quotes

"They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny"

John Boehner, Politician

"They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda"

John Boehner, Politician

"And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility"

John Boehner, Politician

"The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people"

Dan Castellaneta, Actor

"Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death"

Edith Wharton, Author

"I have achieved an inner freedom"

Dmitri Mendeleev, Scientist

"The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force"

Peter DeFazio, Politician

"The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel"

John Boehner, Politician

"The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world"

Elizabeth Dole, Politician

"Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America"

Jan Schakowsky, Politician

"Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people"

Ed Miliband, Politician

"Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower"

Hans Christian Anderson, Author

"Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship"

George Pataki, Politician

"After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything"

George Pataki, Politician

"If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk"

Gary Ackerman, Politician

"Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security"

Douglas Feith, Public Servant

"These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious"

Ethan A. Hitchcock, Soldier

"Human beings crave freedom at their core"

John Ensign, Politician

"I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything"

Boy George, Musician

"When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone"

Chris Cooper, Actor

"Once you have an animal, you have to commit to it. They need a sense of freedom, but, of course, they must have some boundaries. I am against hitting them though; just send the vibe and that will do it"

Connie Stevens, Actress

"I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other"

Chris Patten, Politician

"The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world"

Bill Frist, Politician

"You will not make a man wiser by taking freedom of action from him. A man can only learn when he is free to act"

Auberon Herbert

"The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom"

Arthur Middleton, Politician

"All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything"

Ahmed Ali

"When you're writing for newspapers you have all these parameters. You can't swear, you have to use short paragraphs, all that. If you stay within those parameters, you have lots of freedom because you're writing for the next day"

Chuck Klosterman, Critic

"We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future"

Charlie Dent, Politician

"The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out"

Barbara Deming, Author

"Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question"

Andrew Cohen, Writer

"Freedom has no history"

Andrew Cohen, Writer

"When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom"

Alan Keyes, Politician

"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World"

Daniel Nathans, Scientist

"The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq"

Bill Richardson, Politician

"Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country"

Daniel Greenberg, Educator

"Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces"

Charlie Dent, Politician

"Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom"

Arthur Erickson, Architect

"I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get the orchestras in there to play a lot of stuff. But, you have a lot more freedom, very often"

Danny Elfman, Musician

"Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers"

Dana Rohrabacher, Politician

"The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating"

Andrew Goodman, Activist

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