What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. - Archibald Macleish These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I look upon the history of men, which I have learned from the books, and I wonder. It was a long story, and the spirit which moved it was the spirit of man's freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else. - Ayn Rand It was a long story and the spirt which moved it was the spirit of man's freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. that is freedom. This and nothing else. - Ayn Rand But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a ma...

Freedom may be the most important thing in life, but there's such a thing as too much freedom. - Truman Capote Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay. - Prince I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible. - Boyd Rice I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself. - Moon Unit Zappa

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. - Thomas Jefferson The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. - Desmond Tutu The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness. - Robert A Heinlein Responsibility is the price of freedom. - Elbert Hubbard

And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fullfilment. you should be free indeed when your days are not without care nor your nights without a word and a grief, but rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked unbound. - Kahlil Gibran We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. - Mohammed Morsi My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World. - Daniel Nathans My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a t...

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. - Thomas Jefferson The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. - Desmond Tutu The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness. - Robert A Heinlein Responsibility is the price of freedom. - Elbert Hubbard

We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets. - Alan Dershowitz To prosper, a zoo needs parliamentary government, democratic elections, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association, rule of law and everything else enshrined in India's Constitution. Impossible to enjoy the animals otherwise. Long-term, bad politics is bad for business. - Yann Martel

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray. - John Calvin The One created us all to be free. To learn. To find common cause with others and to grow stronger and wiser. But the ancient enemy perverts that union of strengths. With the enemy, there is no choice, no freedom. They take. They force a joining of all things, until nothing else remains. --Doroga - Jim Butcher It is a mistake to consider any belief more liberated than another. It is the possibility of change which is important. Every new form of liberation is destined to eventually become another form of enslavement for most of its adherents. There is no freedom from duality on this plane of existence, but one may at least aspire to choice of duality. - Peter J Carroll There was no freedom in life, and certainly there was none in death... - Virginia Woolf Would you really like to live in a society...

I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen - Paulo Coelho At first I was exhilarated by my freedom from the responsibility of the kingship. This lasted about seven minutes. I was also depressed by my freedom from marriage, for I had become accustomed to the attentions of a woman. This lasted about nine minutes. Then I was bored. - Piers Anthony The freedom of all is essential to my freedom. - Mikhail Bakunin I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. - Mikhail Bakunin Does the cosmos contain keys for opening my diving bell? A subway line with no terminus? A currency strong enough to buy my freedom back? We must keep looking. - Jean Dominique...

I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than at imprisoning the minds of the young in a rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them through life against the shafts of impartial evidence. - Bertrand Russell The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing that happiness for all is to be derived rather from co-operation than from strife. I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them through life against the shafts of impartial evidence. - Bertrand Russell Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff. - Stephen Harper Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don't write it right,...

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society. - Emily Greene Balch Even in the game there lurks a lack of freedom; even in a game is a trap for the players. - Milan Kundera

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. - Rollo May I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom. - Dmitri Mendeleev I have achieved an inner freedom. - Dmitri Mendeleev Tell me what you're looking for and i will become that for you. I can sacrifice my inner freedoms for you without looking twice at my old journals and solid promises I made to myself about such things. But you must be prepared to kill me when the smiles are no longer frequent. Do it while I sleep. While I hold your hand. Do it fast, baby. Do it fast. - Darnell Lamont Walker

You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order --or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. - Ronald Reagan You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or a right. There is only an up or down: up to man's age-old dream -- the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order -- or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course. - Ronald Reagan The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself. - Saul Alinsky Marriage would change hardly anything between us, exc...

I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves. - Tadao Ando Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents. - Ron Lewis

Absolute freedom does not exist; what does exist is the freedom to choose anything you like and then commit yourself to that decision. - Paulo Coelho The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose. - Thornton Wilder The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them. - Jim Butcher I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture. - Robert Capa In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way, but a lot of the law - most of the law that relates to the First Amendment freedom of the press in America - is really within living memory. - Floyd Abrams Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press. - Jesse Jackson Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. - Thomas Jefferson The constitution of most of the states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of the press. - Thomas Jefferson Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press -...

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. - Yasser Arafat Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they? - George Carlin They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. - Louis Farrakhan America certainly did its part. But doing the sums, it is now clear that through the eight years of Ronald Reagan's presidency, 1981-89, Saudi Arabia actually provided more material assistance to the world's varied assortment of anti Communist "freedom fighters" than did the United States, thus hastening the end of the Cold War and helping accomplish the downfall of the "Evil Empire. - Robert Lacey Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression. - Fatos Nano The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terr...

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. - Yasser Arafat Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they? - George Carlin They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters. - Louis Farrakhan I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards. - Nelson Mandela America certainly did its part. But doing the sums, it is now clear that through the eight years of Ronald Reagan's presidency, 1981-89, Saudi Arabia actually provided more material assistance to the world's varied assortment of anti Communist "freedom fighters" than did the United States, thus hastening the end of the Cold War and helping accomplish the downfall of the "Evil Empire. - Robert Lacey I sat down in the sand, breathless with...

Pursuing your passion is fulfilling and leads to financial freedom. - Robert G Allen When you become successful on the level that Fleetwood Mac did, it gives you financial freedom, which should allow you to follow your impulses. But oddly enough, they become much harder to follow. - Lindsey Buckingham Book: Ten Steps to Asexuality and Financial Freedom, by Lonely Path - Jarod Kintz Remember to remember your power - everything you've learned with these steps to financial freedom - and put it all into practice everyday, because in the grand scheme of life, you'll never really know how things are meant to turn out until they turn out. - Suze Orman A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life. - Suze Orman

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling. - Emile M Cioran To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. - Virginia Woolf We, as human beings, enjoy freedom of choice. Your attitude is your choice! - Lorii Myers I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom. - Rosa Parks

I follow a set of principles, I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom and individual liberty. - Justin Amash And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility. - John Boehner An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable. - Alan Greenspan Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away. - Ernest Istook If they are willing to give women economic freedom in that home, if they are willing to live by the standard they wish women to live by, then homes will be preserves. - Agnes Macphai...