Quotes on Freedom

There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.

Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty

At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.

Liberties are not given, they are taken.

There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road.

How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free.

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.

Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.

The truth of human freedom lies in the love that breaks down barriers.

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?

I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover either for grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much-cherished aspect of academic freedom.