Top 1200 Creative Freedom Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

I oppose registration for the draft... because I believe the security of freedom can best be achieved by security through freedom.

The freedom that comes with globalization is freedom for the rich and powerful nations to further exploit and further marginalize those at the bottom of the social ladder.

We will never, never sell our freedom for capital or technical aid. We stand for freedom at any cost.

My interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise.

Commitment is not a barrier to freedom. Commitment is the *exercise* of freedom, the act of making a choice or decision and meaning it. The one without the other is meaningless.

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry.

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

Once there is a distance between you and your thought process, a new freedom is born. With this freedom, a new perception arises.

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that is precisely the kind that we mainly have.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

By letting go of my fears and concerns, I've gained so much happiness and freedom. With that freedom I've also gained confidence.

We expect our media to lead and open doors for our young talents. As we need creative engineers, doctors and managers, we also need creative journalists and media workers.

Freedom is not to be destroyed in the name of love. Freedom is a far higher value than your so-called love.

People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.

For me, it is freedom, freedom from everything: when I write, I'm not a woman. I'm not a Muslim. I'm not a Moroccan. I can reinvent myself, and I can reinvent the world.

Those who accept freedom of religion as a right are obligated by this acceptance to take the maintenance of freedom of religion as a duty.

People are always talking about freedom. Freedom to live a certain way, without being kicked around. Course the more you live a certain way, the less it feel like freedom. Me, uhm, I can change during the course of a day. I wake and I'm one person, when I go to sleep I know for certain I'm somebody else. I don't know who I am most of the time.

Someday, the realm of liberty and justice will encompass the planet. Freedom is not just the birthright of the few, it is the God-given right of all His children, in every country. It won't come by conquest. It will come, because freedom is right and freedom works. It will come, because cooperation and good will among free people will carry the day.

Burn the flag; that's a freedom. Then I have the freedom to take it away from them and tell them how dumb they are.

Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming.

Our values are tolerance and determination and freedom of religion, freedom to act, opportunities, equality of opportunities amongst everyone and for all.

The supreme belief of our society is the dignity and freedom of the individual. To the respect of that dignity, to the defense of that freedom, all effort is pledged.

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.

I believe in freedom Freedom's apparently all I need But who's ever been free in this world? Who has never had to bleed in this world?

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

Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.

You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. In France you get freedom of action: you can do what you like and nobody bothers, but you must think like everybody else. In Germany you must do what everybody else does, but you may think as you choose. They're both very good things. I personally prefer freedom of thought. But in England you get neither: you're ground down by convention. You can't think as you like and you can't act as you like. That's because it's a democratic nation. I expect America's worse.

You can have economic freedom without political freedom, but you cannot have political freedom without economic freedom.

There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities we shall certainly lose our freedom.

To the ACLU, the First Amendment speaks more directly to freedom from religion than it does to freedom of religion.

I realized that democracy is indivisible, or rather, that freedom is indivisible. There are many clown-democracies in the Arab world, which have nothing to do with freedom.

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.

As any mom knows, having a baby is an extremely creative act and to love and create a baby, it's on par with any other creative act that we could come up with.

Painting depends on freedom. When you're feeling completely free, you can create, and this power to create is, in turn, the greatest freedom of all.

As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.

Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness.

What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?

Even trees are creative, rocks are creative. You are man, the very culmination of this existence. You are at the top, you are conscious. Never think with wrong beliefs, and never be attached to wrong beliefs, that you are uncreative.

Once a book is published, it no longer belongs to me. My creative task is done. The work now belongs to the creative mind of my readers. I had my turn to make of it what I would, now it is their turn.

When I was teaching I often said to students that you are trying to be too creative, don't be too creative, because there is so much already in what you are making, you don't need to do very much. You just need to do a little bit, and that is a lot.

...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy's onset.

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor.

I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one I know is freedom of thought and action.

The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.

There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't.

Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

Honestly, this country was built on freedom of speech and freedom of expression, and when you can no longer do that, then it is no longer based on that, you know.

A new generation of more educated people started to be active. Then society required freedom, society demanded freedom.

When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.

Hegel was the first to state correctly the relation between freedom and necessity. To him, freedom is the insight into necessity.

The external freedom won't be given to us but in the exact measure as we've known at a given moment, to developing our internal freedom.

It was his soul's freedom that was in question. And that question was whether freedom was worth the price when it meant shirking the responsibilities of honor.

Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.

A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few.

The notion of freedom proclaimed by the modern world is anti-discipline. But true freedom cannot be separated from discipline.