Quotes about Freedom

Having money is a way of being free of money.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

A free press can be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom a press will never be anything but bad.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

The great citizens of a country are not those who bend the knee before authority but rather those who, against authority if need be, are adamant as to the honor and freedom of that country.

By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action.

The fanatical atheists...are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people'—cannot bear the music of the spheres.

I don't want to be a prisoner of comfort.

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.