Freedom
We came to realise - first with astonishment, then bitterness, and finally with indifference - that intellect apparently wasn't the most important thing... not ideas, but the system; not freedom, but drill. We had joined up with enthusiasm and with good will; but they did everything to knock that out of us.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some of them tend to take that freedom to live a little more openly or a little more dangerously, sometimes a lot more self-destructively, than other people.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
Freedom of ideas and communications is one of the things we are fighting for, and our enemies are fighting against.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.
Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.
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.
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.
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
