938 private quotes tagged freedom

“I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.” — Chris Patten

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“The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another's state of consciousness.” — Paul Twitchell

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“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you 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.” — Molly Ivins

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“Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.” — Walter Lippmann

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“If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.” — Nick Clegg

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“I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a great big brick of a book, and I'm loving it.” — Nick Clegg

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“I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if I am not even aware that there is one, is conveyed better in this form.” — Isabel Allende

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“As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities, which may seem a freedom or a confusion.” — Jasper Johns

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“As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.” — Steve Forbes

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“I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.” — Sidney Sheldon

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“I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.” — Wilma Rudolph

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“As a boy, I believed freedom for America meant freedom for me. There was a time I believed every word spoken.” — Barry White

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“I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and don't be stupid freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and I'm lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so there's no need to be greedy.” — Jonah Hill

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“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.” — Larry Flynt

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“I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.” — Justin Timberlake

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“One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.” — Lyn Nofziger

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“I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.” — Oriana Fallaci

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“The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.” — Mikhail Bakunin

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“Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.” — Demi Moore

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“The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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“In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.” — Vince McMahon

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“I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.” — Anna Deavere Smith

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“Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.” — Arthur Henderson

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“They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.” — Louis Farrakhan

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“We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.” — L. Neil Smith

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