Freedom Quotes

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth.

I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.

But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom.

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

We believe that salvation is to be found in wholesome work in a beloved land. Work will provide our people with the bread of tomorrow, and moreover, with the honor of the tomorrow, the freedom of the tomorrow.

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

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.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.

I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end.

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.

Freedom of love is freedom to say yes to many lovers.

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.

I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.