Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [61-80] of 1320 Freedom quotesFreedom QuotesFreedom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.~ Susan B. Anthony Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.~ Saint Thomas Aquinas Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.~ Saint Thomas Aquinas No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.~ Hannah Arendt Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil -- and if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.~ Aristotle If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.~ Aristotle He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.~ Aristotle The basis of a democratic state is liberty.~ Aristotle ...[W]e insist on the principle that no danger or crisis, foreign or domestic, will be solved by Americans surrendering more of their constitutional liberties, in the foolish hope that a bigger government will provide greater security.~ Larry P. Arnn The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.~ Matthew Arnold To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America’s enemies and pause to America’s friends.~ John Ashcroft Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.~ Isaac Asimov What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.~ Margot Asquith The use of “religion” as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.~ Margaret Atwood It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.~ Sir Francis Bacon Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he is forced to do so, but because he freely conceives it, wants it, and loves it.~ Mikhail A. Bakunin The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights.~ Mikhail A. Bakunin Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.~ James Baldwin Freedom is not something that can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.~ James Baldwin The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.~ James Baldwin Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print