Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [281-300] of 1320 Freedom quotesFreedom QuotesFreedom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Liberty is not a matter of words, but a positive and important condition of society. Its greatest safeguard after placing its foundations in a popular base, is in the checks and balances imposed on the public servants.~ James Fenimore Cooper The law, unfortunately, has always been retained on the side of power; laws have uniformly been enacted for the protection and perpetuation of power.~ Thomas Cooper I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity I am hungry and incomplete. Human unity is the fulfillment of diversity. It is the harmony of opposites. It is a many-stranded texture, with color and depth.~ Norman Cousins Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside of ourselves will affect us.~ Steven R. Covey Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.~ William Cowper He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.~ William Cowper No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.~ William Cowper He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.~ William Cowper To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.~ William Cowper Democracy needs more free speech for even the speech of foolish people is valuable if it serves to guarantee the right of the wise to talk.~ David Cushman Coyle Morality, and the ideal of freedom which is the political expression of morality, are not the property of a given party or group, but a value that is fundamentally and universally human... No people will be truly free till all are free.~ Benedetto Croce It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.~ Oliver Cromwell It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.~ John Philpot Curran The big thieves hang the little ones.~ Czech Proverb In principle, there are only two fundamental political viewpoints. That is, two contradictory ends of the 'political spectrum.' Those two principles are freedom and slavery.~ Mark Da Cunha Today, The Daily Telegraph starts its 'A Free Country' campaign. Week by week, and in major individual investigations, we shall examine how freedom is being taken away, whether by Westminster or Whitehall or Brussels or any other authority. We shall try to annoy the control freaks, whether they are Right, Left or Centre, and we shall welcome allies for freedom from all quarters. The Conservative leadership contestants hardly breathe a word about freedom. The Labour Government's Queen's Speech is a shopping list of attacks on our liberties. There's plenty to do. Libertad o muerte!~ Daily Telegraph It is up to you to decide whether or not you’re ready to be free, really free. This pertains to your relationship as well as your activities in the world. You are limitless, if you choose that! Your freedom comes from letting go. Freedom means empowerment to be, do, go, feel, whatever your heart tells you. Only you have kept yourself from having this freedom out of some misunderstanding of what your responsibilities really are. Your responsibilities are to your Self. Serve that truly, fully, and you serve All.~ Alma Daniel Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. From him who will not give her all, she will have nothing. She knows that his pretended love serves but to betray. But when once the fierce heat of her quenchless, lustrous eyes have burned into the victim's heart, he will know no other smile but hers.~ Clarence S. Darrow You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. You can only be free if I am free.~ Clarence S. Darrow Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.~ Clarence S. Darrow Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print