Danh ngôn thuộc danh mục: freedom

People are dying in vain because this country isn't holding their end of the bargain up as far as, you know, giving freedom and justice and liberty to everybody.

The safety and security of all Americans is at stake in Ukraine and anywhere that our adversaries threaten the cause of freedom.

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.

My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self.

My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the worst pain and heartaches can be channeled into human monuments, impenetrable and everlasting.

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.

Human freedom is not an illusion; it is an objective phenomenon, distinct from all other biological conditions and found in only one species - us.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.

I've always stood for one thing, and that is having freedom, and part of that is the freedom to unapologetically be yourself.

I'm just living my life the way I want to. I have the freedom to do that.

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

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.

Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want.

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.

What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean.

You figure out what you value in this life, and then you go for it. For me, it was freedom.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

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.

Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We want to protect freedom of speech, but it is not unlimited freedom of speech. There has always been rules around defamation, slander and libel, and in Victoria, we have effective rules on racial and religious vilification.

I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

You've got to coach worrying about your entire team: whether that gets you a championship or whether that gets you fired. I think it allows you to coach free. You're coaching with freedom because you know you're doing what you think is right.

Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.

I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.

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.

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

Individuals have a right to freedom of speech.

Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.

I believe in individual freedom and right to decide how and with whom I will live my life.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.