The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. – Bernard Baruch
All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks. – Michelangelo Antonioni
If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help. – Aung San Suu Kyi
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. – Hugo Black
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational. – Charles Horton Cooley
Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. – Charles Horton Cooley
Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do. – Charles Schumer
When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity. – Gerry Adams
My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged. – Jimmy Wales
Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be. – Shimon Peres
My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region. – Shimon Peres
We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. – Barbara Ehrenreich
Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator – life, liberty and freedom. – Jim DeMint
Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations. – Jim DeMint
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression. – Amy Tan
Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want – and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack. – Sloane Crosley
We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer. – Mitch Daniels
Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American. – Ron Wyden
I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives. – Lyn Nofziger
If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class! – Mother Jones
