To me, the flag represents the greatest ideals of the United States of America, not the worst, but different people look at different things and have different feelings about it. That's what freedom of expression is all about.
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
A hungry man is not a free man.
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Being offended by freedom of speech should never be regarded as a justification for violence.
An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.
At times, we take freedom for granted. We really don't know how to cherish the freedom we have until it's taken from us.
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.
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged.
As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.
When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.
It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.
I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.
The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.
Freedom is a part of protest as well.
No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
As a 7-year-old child, I saw the Wall being erected. No one - although it was a stark violation of international law - believed at the time that one ought to intervene militarily in order to protect citizens of the GDR and whole Eastern bloc, of the consequences of that - namely, to live in lack of freedom for many, many years.
Whether it's freedom to express, freedom to live, freedom to earn, freedom to thrive, freedom to learn, whatever it is, I want to make sure that I'm a part of these spaces and opening doors.
Being pregnant is a conundrum. You have this freedom, because it's a wonderful time that a human being is growing inside of you, and it is truly magical. On the other hand, your body changes.
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.
The state of Alabama can take my freedom, the state of Alabama can take my future, but the state of Alabama cannot take my joy.
I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.
There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.
Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.
It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!
They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.
Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.
I enjoy doing my work, and I don't want to deal with the other things. When you enjoy doing your work so much, why deal with where to show, how to show, what to do? If the artist finds the right gallery which respects their work and gives them that freedom to do whatever they want to do, the artist can focus on his work.
Freedom is never given; it is won.
Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
Freedom is never granted; it is won.