The only certain freedom’s in departure.

Men freely believe that which they desire.

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

In this quest to seek and find God in all things, there is still an area of uncertainty. There must be. If a person says that he met God with total certainty and is not touched by a margin of uncertainty, then this is not good.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Only the educated are free.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Whatever is making you so angry, it’s time for you to give it to God and get over it.

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

Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government – that is despotism.

Fighting for one’s freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

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.

A consistent anarchist must oppose private ownership of the means of production, and the wage-slavery which is a component of this system, as incompatible with the principle that labor must be freely undertaken and under the control of the producer.

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

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.

To me, ideology is corrupt; it’s a parasite on religious structures. To be an ideologue is to have all of the terrible things that are associated with religious certainty and none of the utility. If you’re an ideologue, you believe everything that you think. If you’re religious, there’s a mystery left there.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

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.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don’t need money.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

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

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.

When even one American – who has done nothing wrong – is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth – then all Americans are in peril.

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

I’ve had no contact with my daughter for years. That’s her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don’t want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.

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 believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we’re probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.

I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There’s no legislative authority; you’re not elected. And that’s a wonderful gift of freedom.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.

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

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

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

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.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Fortunately we’re not a public company – we’re a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.