Top 1200 Illusion Of Freedom Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

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

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

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.

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

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

...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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

A woman should be an illusion

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.

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

"There are no illusions" - This is a gross illusion.

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.

The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is or is not moral.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The illusion is we are only physical.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

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

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

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

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.

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

Reason is the illusion of reality

To an American, that which deprives him of his freedom he regards as injustice, and that which allows him to enjoy that freedom he regards as justice. The concept of justice is as central to the totality of his being as freedom is, and this is not surprising, since the motivating idea behind the American Declaration of Independence was the fervent desire for justice.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and freedom.

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

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.

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