Liberty and Freedom: Quotes to Inspire Free Spirits - Page 10

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Image of Dave Brubeck
Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.
- Dave Brubeck
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Image of Max Stirner
Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.
- Max Stirner
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Image of Patti Smith
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.
- Patti Smith
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Image of Ramana Maharshi
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
- Ramana Maharshi
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Image of Haruki Murakami
Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.
- Haruki Murakami
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Image of Maya Lin
To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.
- Maya Lin
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Image of Ben Shapiro
Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.
- Ben Shapiro
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Image of Shel Silverstein
Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.
- Shel Silverstein
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Image of Edward R. Murrow
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
- Edward R. Murrow
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Image of George H. W. Bush
We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
- George H. W. Bush
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Image of Virginia Woolf
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
- Virginia Woolf
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Image of Phil Lynott
I tasted freedom and I really liked it.
- Phil Lynott
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Image of David Allan Coe
Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.
- David Allan Coe
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Image of Wole Soyinka
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.
- Wole Soyinka
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Image of Vladimir Lenin
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
- Vladimir Lenin
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Image of John Lydon
Freedom isn't to do what you want at somebody else's expense.
- John Lydon
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Image of Jane Campion
But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem.
- Jane Campion
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Image of Milton Friedman
Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman
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Image of Guy Verhofstadt
Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations.
- Guy Verhofstadt
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Image of Luke Evans
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.
- Luke Evans
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Image of Ma Jian
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.
- Ma Jian
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Image of Quentin Crisp
It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
- Quentin Crisp
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Image of Germaine Greer
Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.
- Germaine Greer
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Image of Emil Cioran
No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.
- Emil Cioran
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Image of Randy Orton
We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.
- Randy Orton
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Image of Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Image of Boy George
I try to exist in a world where there is freedom of opinion, where you're allowed to make jokes. I don't want to live in some PC world where no-one's allowed to say anything.
- Boy George
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Image of Alexander Meiklejohn
Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.
- Alexander Meiklejohn
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Image of Ricardo Montalban
There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.
- Ricardo Montalban
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Image of Jean-Paul Marat
Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.
- Jean-Paul Marat
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Image of Jose Rizal
Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.
- Jose Rizal
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Image of David Suzuki
We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We need gender equity. We need freedom from hunger. These are our most fundamental needs as social creatures.
- David Suzuki
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Image of Kenny Loggins
Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past.
- Kenny Loggins
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Image of Douglas Adams
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.
- Douglas Adams
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Image of Tara Brach
Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort.
- Tara Brach
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Image of Gerry Adams
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.
- Gerry Adams
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Image of Ron Paul
There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.
- Ron Paul
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Image of Carole King
Everybody understands friendship, and friendship is different than love - it's a different kind of love. Friendship has more freedom, more latitude. You don't expect your friend to be as you think your friend should be; you expect your friend just to love you as a friend.
- Carole King
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Image of Rosa Luxemburg
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
- Rosa Luxemburg
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Image of Bertrand Russell
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
- Bertrand Russell
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Image of P. J. O'Rourke
Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.
- P. J. O'Rourke
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Image of John F. Kelly
We Marines believe that God gave America the greatest gift He could bestow to man while he lived on this earth -freedom. We also believe He gave us another gift nearly as precious - our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and Marines - to safeguard that gift and guarantee no force on this earth can ever steal it away.
- John F. Kelly
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Image of Ian Smith
Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.
- Ian Smith
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Image of Jhumpa Lahiri
I think that what I have been truly searching for as a person, as a writer, as a thinker, as a daughter, is freedom. That is my mission. A sense of liberty, the liberty that comes not only from self-awareness but also from letting go of many things. Many things that weigh us down.
- Jhumpa Lahiri
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Image of Sidney Hook
To silence criticism is to silence freedom.
- Sidney Hook
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Image of Jocko Willink
Freedom is what everyone wants - to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.
- Jocko Willink
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Image of Brendan Myers
Our world is utterly saturated with fear. We fear being attacked by religious extremists, both foreign and domestic. We fear the loss of political rights, a loss of privacy, or a loss of freedom. We fear being injured, robbed or attacked, being judged by others, or neglected, or left unloved.
- Brendan Myers
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Image of Cornel West
There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.
- Cornel West
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Image of Demosthenes
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.
- Demosthenes
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