Freedom Quotes - Page 22

A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that he will be benefited.

We will not waver, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking. When you notice that voice, you realize that who you are is not the voice - the thinker - but the one who is aware of it.

No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

Political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries.

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been

Protectionism is a misnomer. The only people protected by tariffs, quotas and trade restrictions are those engaged in uneconomic and wasteful activity. Free trade is the only philosophy compatible with international peace and prosperity.

Our revenge is to live. We may be hunted like animals but we will not become animals. We have all chosen this - to live free, like human beings, for as long as we can. Each day of freedom is a victory. And if we die trying to live, at least we die like human beings.

When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.

With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries. What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

The composer opens the cage door for arithmetic, the draftsman gives geometry its freedom.

Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.

Any time we deny any citizen the full exercise of his constitutional rights, we are weakening our own claim to them.

So easily do weak men put in high positions turn villains.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

The basics teachings of Buddha are about understanding what we are, who we are, why we are. When we begin to realize what we are, who we are, why we are, then we begin to realize what we are not, who we are not, why we are not. We begin to realize that we don't have basic, substantial, solid, fundamental ground that we can exert anymore. We begin to realize that our ideas of security and our concept of freedom have been purely phantom experiences.