938 private quotes tagged freedom

“The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry.” — James Truslow Adams

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“I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter.” — Maureen O'Hara

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“I started skydiving because I loved the idea of freedom.” — Felix Baumgartner

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“Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.” — Powell Clayton

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“But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.” — Kate Adie

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“In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't.” — Richard Stallman

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“There's also a sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about if all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night, and that went on for eight years.” — Andrew Wiles

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“With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom.” — Richard Stallman

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“To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.” — James Anthony Froude

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“Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn.” — Richard Stallman

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“Free software is software that respects your freedom and the social solidarity of your community. So it's free as in freedom.” — Richard Stallman

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“President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how.” — Barbara Boxer

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“I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture.” — Robert Capa

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“All Americans and freedom-loving people around the world owe President Reagan our deepest gratitude for his strong, principled leadership that ended the Cold War and brought freedom to millions of people.” — Jim Ramstad

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“China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me.” — Ai Weiwei

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“Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.” — Benjamin Cardozo

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“They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.” — Audie Murphy

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

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“When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.” — Alan Keyes

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“Our work is a scream of freedom.” — Christo

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“Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all.” — Rosa Luxemburg

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“With one man, there was a freedom and liberation. That was with Michael Hutchence, my partner in life.” — Kylie Minogue

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“Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.” — Rosa Luxemburg

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“Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.” — Lajos Kossuth

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“Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.” — Sharron Angle

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