Freedom Quotes - Page 19

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

Place is security, space is freedom.

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

The whole secret of freedom from anxiety over not having enough time lies not in working more hours, but in the proper planning of the hours.

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

I want a society free of human trafficking

Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights

My white skin disgusts me. My passport disgusts me. They are the marks of an insufferable privilege bought at the price of others' agony. If I could peel myself inside out I would be glad. If I could become part of the oppressed I would be free.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

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.

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.

The job of a citizen is to keep his mouth open.

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.

Men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

Democracy is the best revenge.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.