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Quotes about Freedom

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Alan Dean FosterFreedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Barbara EhrenreichWe who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1707 - 1784)
All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Dr. Samuel Johnson
(1707 - 1784)
Sir, we know our will is free, and there's an end on it.
Eric Hoffer
(1902 - 1983)
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
George Carlin
(1938 - )
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
James Madison
(1751 - 1836)
The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defence against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.
- (4th US president)
Lady Bird Johnson
(1912 - )
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
- (American First Lady)
Lord ActonThe most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
Mark TwainIt is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
Michael WikoffPut a man in a palace, and convince him he is a prisoner; he will do anything to escape. Put a man in a dark cell, convince him is the lord of that space, and he will stay there content.
Mikhail BakuninThe freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
Soren KierkegaardPeople demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
Soren Kierkegaard
(1813 - 1855)
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
- (Danish philosopher and theologian)
Steven FosterFreedom is not just a political issue; it's a religious issue too.
- (Rabbi)
Tom Stoppard
(1937 - )
I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it.
UnknownThe clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.
WALT HASKINSParadoxically, true freedom is acquired by first placing reins on ourselves.
- (Author Comments USA)
Walt HaskinsThe ignorant of the world enjoy one kind of freedom that the rest don’t; the freedom from doubt.
- (Author "Comments USA")
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