Top 999 Freedom Quotes & Sayings

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself.

You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.

Human beings have an instinct for freedom.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.

If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to give up some personal freedom.

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.

There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become a nation ruled by law, where human rights reign supreme.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.

In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they're ready to own what they say. Because there's a price to pay when you say something that's against the grain that is not correct.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.

Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and came to South Korea.

America will persevere because freedom always prevails. But let's get real - the far-left and their policies are causing harm to our country.

We don't believe that winning elections and winning any amount of votes will win freedom in Ireland. At the end of the day, it will be the cutting edge of the IRA which will bring freedom.

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.

Morality depends on individual freedom, and it requires some sense to know where to draw the line.

There should be competition and exchanges between different countries, but there are certainly certain universal values, and that is freedom and democracy.

Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

Freedom is not enough.

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the 'New York Times' - coupled with the favourable Supreme Court rulings on publication of the Pentagon Papers - were landmarks for the interpretation of First Amendment rights and the freedom of the press.

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.

I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want.

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.

Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, Brazil, Jordan and Thailand are cutting press freedom and freedom of expression. In nations like Israel, South Korea and the U.S., intrusive surveillance has been imposed to track the movement of citizens, at the expense of human rights.

For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.

Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.

Wireless is freedom. It's about being unleashed from the telephone cord and having the ability to be virtually anywhere when you want to be.

That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent.