Freedom Quotes - Page 6

• The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

  Tacitus

  Peace, War, Libertarian Party

  "Annals". Book by Tacitus, Book III, 27,

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• We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Inspirational, Patriotic, Home

  "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy". "See It Now" on CBS, www.lib.berkeley.edu. March 09, 1954.

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• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.10, Modern Library

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• Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Inspirational, Nothing To Lose, Left

  "Me and Bobby McGee". Song by Kris Kristofferson, www.esquire.com. July, 1969.

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• I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

  Evelyn Beatrice Hall

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "The Paris unity march shows we must protect freedom of expression, not curtail it further" by Julie Posetti, January 11, 2015.

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• This I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

  John Steinbeck

  Fighting, Eden, Mind

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.116, Penguin

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• The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

  Coco Chanel

  Strength, Inspiring, Courage

  "Believing in Ourselves" by Armand Eisen, (p. 39), 1992.

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• Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Earth, Lasts, Conservative

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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• Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit.

  Khalil Gibran

  Attitude, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  "The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul". Book by Kahlil Gibran, translated by Juan R. I. Cole. Chapter "The Vision", 1994.

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• Freedom is knowing who you really are.

  Bill Vaughan

  Knowing, Self Knowledge

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• The most powerful single force in the world today is neither Communism nor Capitalism, neither the H-bomb nor the guided missile -- it is man's eternal desire to be free and independent.

  John F. Kennedy

  Powerful, Independent, Men

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• Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the same time the beginning of his freedom and the development of his reason.

  Erich Fromm

  Men, Liberty, Reason

  "Psychoanalysis and Religion".

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• We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire.

  Emilio Aguinaldo

  Inspirational, Single, Moving

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• Freedom is the greatest fruit of self sufficiency.

  Epicurus

  Self, Liberty, Environmental

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Patriotic, Equality, Rights

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1801

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• I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Education, Teacher, Meditation Practice

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• I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

  Bob Dylan

  Courage, Hero, Responsibility

  Interview published with the "Biograph" album set, 1985.

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• Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Government, Our Generation, Tyrants

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, 1960.

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• Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another, and in so far as it tends to exist with the freedom of all according to a universal law, it is the one sole original inborn right belonging to every man in virtue of his humanity.

  Immanuel Kant

  4th Of July, Men, Law

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• In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.

  Edward Gibbon

  Courage, Ends, Wanted

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• Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

  Vernon Howard

  Numbers, Being Free, Measurement

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• The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free.

  Joshua Nkomo

  Life Lesson, Winning, People

  Joshua Nkomo, SAPES Trust (2001). “Nkomo: the story of my life”

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• the average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Average, Liberty

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• We live in a country where we're supposed to have freedom of the press and religious freedom, but I think to some degree, there's a sense of fear in America today, that if you say the wrong thing, what some people will consider what is wrong, if you step out of line, if you dissent, whether you be an entertainer, that somehow and some way this government or the forces to be will come down on you.

  John Lewis

  Country, Religious, Thinking

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• To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Judging, Political, Liberty

  Thomas Jefferson “Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson”, Lulu.com

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