The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.

Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.

He who is brave is free.

We humans for millions of years were nomadic. We associated freedom and well-being with the ability to move into open spaces, to find places more suited to hunting.

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.

I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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

The only certain freedom’s in departure.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Women have to be extremely careful about choosing something that they consider an act of defiance that can really be used to further their enslavement.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.

If you’re a surfer, you just want to surf. You don’t know if anyone’s going to see you, and you don’t really care if they see you. You just live for that feeling.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I’m not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that’s why they identify with me.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.

It was very lucky for me as a writer that I studied the physical sciences rather than English. I wrote for my own amusement. There was no kindly English professor to tell me for my own good how awful my writing really was. And there was no professor with the power to order me what to read, either.

The best road to progress is freedom’s road.

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror – and America is honored to be their friend.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

There’s a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you’re self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn’t so easy in a car, and you can’t cover as much ground walking.

Everyone assumes I practise all of my own laws but I don’t. I think anybody who did would be a horrible ugly person to be around.

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

We can’t allow the world’s worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world’s worst weapons.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

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

The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

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

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

Only the educated are free.

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.

Obama has no way to conceal that Osama was executed in front of his children and wives, who are now under the custody of the authorities of Pakistan, a Muslim country of almost 200 million inhabitants, whose laws have been violated, its national dignity offended, and its religious traditions desecrated.

I just know that I’m a fan of all different kinds of genres. You’re supposed to be free doing music, and that’s how I feel.

Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people.

For me, it’s about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That’s what’s big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I’m in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: ‚This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.‘ Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

The magic of America is that we’re a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.