Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. Walter Lippmann on freedom
So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech. Neil Gaiman on freedom
There's a glorious sense of freedom in comedy, just allowing myself to tell jokes, allowing myself to interrupt myself and tell old African folk stories that I made up - or didn't - and Jamaican stories. Neil Gaiman on freedom
The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Henrik Ibsen on freedom
The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society. Henrik Ibsen on freedom
Our forefathers got it they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions. Luke Scott on freedom
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written. Arlen Specter on freedom
One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. Howard Zinn on freedom
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church. Tony Campolo on freedom
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. Edward Gibbon on freedom
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money. Johnny Carson on freedom
When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete. Vaclav Havel on freedom
Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. Aung San Suu Kyi on freedom
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless. Lech Walesa on freedom
Freedom begins as we become conscious of it. Vernon Howard on freedom
The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival. Imelda Marcos on freedom
There must be freedom for all to live, to think, to worship, no book, no avenue must be closed. James Larkin on freedom
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. Aneurin Bevan on freedom
While Democrats fussed with the details of health care reforms, conservatives spent months telling the nation that the real issue is freedom, that what's on the line is American liberty itself. Thomas Frank on freedom
There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom' that when its leaders stand up for the rights of banks to be unregulated or capital gains to be untaxed, that it is actually and obviously standing up for human liberty, the noblest cause of them all. Thomas Frank on freedom