When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is for their good that they should be subject, the state of society is not yet ripe for representative government.
Top Inspiring Freedom Quotes to Live By - page 125
There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
Tom Petty
Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.
Mikhail Bakunin
I believe that the most essential element of our defense of freedom is our insistence on speaking out for the cause of religious liberty.
There is no talent so ardently supported, nor generously rewarded, as the ability to convince parasites they are victims.
One cannot achieve peace without realizing justice, realize justice without seeking out the truth, seek out the truth without practicing freedom. So living and thinking free is the root of achieving peace in our world.
Sami Al-Arian
There is no freedom without justice.
Simon Wiesenthal
Creator: A comedian whose audience is afraid to laugh.
People always have been and they always will be stupid victims of deceit and self-deception in politics.
When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.
James Thurber
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings.
We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.
There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.
Interdependency follows independence.
When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame.
Jack Kemp
If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
Wild horses don't know the burning taste of the whips. Freedom protects us from the many evils!
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery.