It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster’s terms, ‚nirvana‘ means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that’s pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.

Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

What’s real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.

The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not. I’m really confused now.

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom – along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

We Americans… bear the ark of liberties of the world.

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places.

Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we’ve always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.

I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

I think everyone should be with who they love.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

Empire and liberty.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

Freedom is a man’s natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

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.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

We are not actually equal – humanity – if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.

Too many Christians live their lives like slaves – to the devil – because they believe his lies more than they trust God.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.

Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It’s not like Egypt, where you’re going to get murdered by the security forces.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

Freedom is relative.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man’s heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

The great question of our time is, ‚Will we be motivated by materialistic philosophy or by spiritual power?‘

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

Only the educated are free.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.