Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1241-1260] of 1320 Freedom quotesFreedom QuotesFreedom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes I may not agree with what you say, but to the death I will defend your right to say it.~ Voltaire The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.~ Voltaire Liberty is not and cannot be anything but the power of doing what we will.~ Voltaire The superfluous is very necessary.~ Voltaire A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.~ Otto von Bismarck Spiritual movements are revolts of thought against inertia, of the few against the many; of those who because they are strong in spirit are strongest alone against those who can express themselves only in the mass and the mob, and who are significant only because they are numerous.~ Ludwig von Mises The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality.~ Ludwig von Mises The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders.~ Ludwig Von Mises This, then, is freedom in the external life of man -- that he is independent of the arbitrary power of his fellows.~ Ludwig von Mises The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state.~ Ludwig Von Mises Against nature and within nature there is no freedom.~ Ludwig Von Mises We do not know of how much a man is capable if he has the will, and to what point he will raise himself if he feels free.~ Johannes von Muller There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.~ William Von Raab Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains. [Ger., Der Mensch ist frei geschaffen, ist frei Und wurd' er in Ketten geboren.]~ Johann von Schiller The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.~ Johann von Schiller What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from'.~ Marilyn vos Savant Stop wasting jail space on prostitutes, drug users and other victimless criminals. Even if we find it morally acceptable to imprison these people for choices they make regarding their bodies, we must realize that we simply cannot afford to continue clogging the court system and the prison system with these harmless criminals.~ Edward B. Wagner Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert that religious faith necessarily upholds democratic values.~ Kenneth D. Wald You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.~ Booker T. Washington A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite.~ George Washington Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print