The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.
~By Virginia Foxx ~
The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern.
~By Amir Butler ~
We wish to work in total freedom.
~By Christo ~
This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.
~By Sam Mendes ~
While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.
~By Robert Menendez ~
Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.
~By Germaine Greer ~
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.
~By Moshe Dayan ~
Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world. So in that sense he's a universalist.
~By Peter Singer ~
Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.
~By Mike Rogers ~
For generations, America has served as a beacon of hope and freedom for those outside her borders, and as a land of limitless opportunity for those risking everything to seek a better life. Their talents and contributions have continued to enrich our country.
~By Spencer Bachus ~
What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control.
~By Butch Otter ~
The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.
~By Martin Puryear ~
America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
~By Lord Byron ~
I liked sculpting better than painting. You have more freedom in sculpting.
~By Anthony Quinn ~
And I have been able to give freedom and life which was acknowledged in the ecstasy of walking hand in hand across the most beautiful bridge of the world, the cables enclosing us and pulling us upward in such a dance as I have never walked and never can walk with another.
~By Hart Crane ~
That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
~By Barbara Ehrenreich ~
Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.
~By David Herbert Lawrence ~
It seemed to be inadmissible to give in on such a fundamental point. This would have meant that any one who would have wanted to be a terrorist could gain eventually their freedom thanks to another kidnapping.
~By Robert Bourassa ~
The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.
~By Thornton Wilder ~
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.
~By Charles Horton Cooley ~
In fact, things are moving along rather well in Iraq. Nothing is perfect, of course, and freedom is messy work. The cooperation of the three major interests in Iraq has been remarkable.
~By John Linder ~
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
~By Georg Buchner ~
Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.
~By Max Stirner ~
One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.
~By Lyn Nofziger ~
Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
~By Henrik Ibsen ~
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
~By Erich Fromm ~
I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to see that this freedom is not infringed upon, revoked, or limited in any way.
~By Jeff Miller ~
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
~By Milan Kundera ~
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
~By Martin Luther King, Jr. ~
One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.
~By Dan Savage ~
If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't really grasp the concept of the sovereign individual human being.
~By Neal Boortz ~
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
~By Willie Stargell ~
The main thing I believe in is freedom.
~By Charles Evers ~
A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.
~By Suze Orman ~
With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism.
~By John Doolittle ~
If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.
~By Alice Cooper ~
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
~By Nelson Mandela ~
You know the actor John Garfield? In one movie he walked up to this train station, the ticket booth, and the guy says, 'Yes, where are you going?' And he says, 'I want a ticket to nowhere.' I thought: that's it. The freedom to do that. I want a ticket to nowhere.
~By Wayne Shorter ~
Pursuing your passion is fulfilling and leads to financial freedom.
~By Robert G. Allen ~
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
~By James Madison ~
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
~By Coretta Scott King ~
He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within.
~By Quintus Ennius ~
What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.
~By Bob Taft ~
Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price.
~By Mark Foley ~
Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.
~By Victor Hugo ~
This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future.
~By Mark Kennedy ~
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
~By Pope John Paul II ~
I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.
~By Boyd Rice ~
For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.
~By Mac Thornberry ~
One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground.
~By Sonny Perdue ~
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
~By Golda Meir ~
We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.
~By John Grierson ~
I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.
~By William Weld ~
The words spoken by the leader of the free world can expand the frontiers of freedom or shrink them. When Ronald Reagan called on Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," a surge of confidence rose that would ultimately breach the bounds of the evil empire.
~By Mitt Romney ~
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
~By Hannah Arendt ~
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.
~By Gerry Adams ~
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.
~By Anita Brookner ~
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
~By Amy Tan ~
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
~By Quentin Crisp ~
A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.
~By Edward Sapir ~
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
~By Winston Churchill ~
I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.
~By Natan Sharansky ~
Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship.
~By A. Philip Randolph ~
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
~By Stephen Covey ~
I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
~By Sidney Sheldon ~
It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.
~By Elfriede Jelinek ~
Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.
~By Mario Vargas Llosa ~
To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.
~By Shel Silverstein ~
Thus, it was to seek true civilization and true justice for all the peoples of the world, and to view this as the destruction of personal freedom and respect is to be assailed by the hatred and emotion of war, and to make hasty judgments.
~By Hideki Tojo ~
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.
~By Jim Morrison ~
We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people.
~By Thad Cochran ~
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
~By William Morris ~
The hope and change the Democrats had in mind was nothing more than a retread of the failed and discredited socialist policies that have been the enemy of freedom for centuries all over the world. I fear America is teetering towards tyranny.
~By Jim DeMint ~
I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.
~By Eliot Engel ~
An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
~By George Soros ~
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
~By Richard Price ~
The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.
~By Walter Salles ~
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
~By Jimmy Carter ~
I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school.
~By Alberto Salazar ~
For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.
~By Olof Palme ~
Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.
~By Ernestine L. Rose ~
Roosevelt talked not only about Freedom from Fear, but also Freedom from Want.
~By Jeffrey Sachs ~
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
~By John F. Kennedy ~
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
~By Herbert Spencer ~
Freedom is from within.
~By Frank Lloyd Wright ~
Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
~By John F. Kennedy ~
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
~By Sigmund Freud ~
On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's transition toward a country built on the pillars of democracy and freedom for all.
~By Jim Gerlach ~
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
~By Albert Camus ~
People should be allowed the freedom to make their own choices. They should be able to buy or not buy porn and be monogamous or promiscuous as they see fit.
~By Chester Brown ~
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.
~By Chris Bell ~
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.
~By John Boehner ~
I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
~By Madonna Ciccone ~
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
~By Charles Kingsley ~
I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
~By Malcolm X ~
Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
~By Lajos Kossuth ~
From you we have learned what we, at least, value, to separate Church and State; and from you we gather inspiration at all times in our devotion to learning, to religious liberty, and to individual and National freedom.
~By Seth Low ~
It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.
~By Mary Richards ~
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