“Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.”
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“Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.”
“For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.”
“The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.”
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
“Freedom is not enough.”
“People demand freedom only when they have no power.”
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
“The United States of America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins. The killers will fail, and the Iraqi people will live in freedom.”
“I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation.”
“Bondage is of the mind freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.”
“Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.”
“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.”
“The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.”
“Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.”
“Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.”
“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.”
“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
“Freedom is control in your own life.”
“I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied by artists who work in freedom. They have the gratification of intense interest: the authorities want to put them in jail, while there are younger readers for whom what they write is pure oxygen.”
“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.”
“None can love freedom heartily, but good men the rest love not freedom, but licence.”
“Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.”
“Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.”