Quotes about Freedom

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

One of the best things that we have in India is a free press.

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.

A right delayed is a right denied.

You may choose your mate, but you cannot deny someone else the right to choose their mate.

When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want.

I want it to resonate: there's no rule for how to live your life. You can do things your own way.

I do not want to be restricted to a particular image.

I don't like scripts.

I love to paint.

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.