Quotes related to Isaiah 61:1
Freedom is the direction of history, because freedom is the permanent hope of humanity.
— George W. Bush
Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity.
— George W. Bush
Liberty is the right and hope of all humanity.
— George W. Bush
The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.
— Joseph Heller
I ask you...to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall.
— Frederick Douglass
On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.
— James Madison
If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence.
— Thomas Jefferson
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.
— Thomas Jefferson
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
— Ronald Reagan
The artist...is the voice of the people.
— Alice Walker
Even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
This follows his comment on much time spent in prison for freedom speeches and preaching. "I always try to do a little converting when I'm in Jail.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.