Quotes about Freedom

Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.

Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal.

Contrary to what we conclude naturally, the gospel is not too good to be true. It is true! It's the truest truth in the entire universe. No strings attached! No fine print to read. No buts. No conditions. No qualifications. No footnotes. And especially, no need for balance.

As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking.

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.

Our liberties, our values, all for which America stands is safe today because brave men and women have been ready to face the fire at freedom's front. And we thank God for them.

The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.

The greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence, and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the pursuits of peace.

Yesterday woman was a chattel. Now she is, in law, a minor. Tomorrow she will be free, or partially so--that is to say, as free as man.

Women are like the arts, forced unto none, Open to all searchers, unprized, if unknown.

Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent