Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

Related Quotes:

" A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy. "

" The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. "

" My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity. "

" Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery. "

" Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. "

" There can be no 'graduated exercises in drawing' leading up to an artistic creation. That goal can be attained only through the development of mechanical technique and through the freedom of the spirit. "

Maria Montessori

" One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness. "

Ezra Taft Benson

" Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' Suddenly they find themselves doing something that they never would have thought they would be doing, simply because of the human instinct that makes them turn their face towards freedom. "

Aung San Suu Kyi

" Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect. "

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

" I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself. "

" I think I'm mostly looking forward to the college life. I'm looking forward to more freedom. Here everything is really structured and scheduled, but in college you've got to be more responsible and you can get things done on your own time. I'm really looking forward to that. "

" Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. "

" If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours. "

" Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. "

Milton Friedman

" Human rights, of course, must include the right to religious freedom, understood as the expression of a dimension that is at once individual and communitarian - a vision that brings out the unity of the person while clearly distinguishing between the dimension of the citizen and that of the believer. "

Pope Benedict XVI

" For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents. "

" In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice. "

" It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

" Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting. "

Alan Dean Foster

" What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when they grow up, and in the exercise of their duties as citizens, they insist that our courts and policemen and prisons be guided by divine or natural law. "

" Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. "

Charles B. Rangel

" No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization and freedom of thought. "

William S. Burroughs

" The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. "

" All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!' "

John F. Kennedy

" I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free. "

" If you're raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

" There's a freedom to being young that is harder to come by as time goes on. "

" Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform. "

" Islam does not believe in democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom of assembly. It does not separate religion and politics. It is partly a religion, but it is much more than that. It has a political agenda that goes far outside the realm of religion. "

" Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. "