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" The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress. "
Ernest Renan
Liberty
Human
Freedom
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" I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom. "
Yves Rossy
Fall
Feel
Flying
" Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. "
Lord Acton
Liberty
Freedom
End
" After a while, you just don't do things you don't wanna do - that's the great freedom you get, the older you get. You learn what to do and what not to do, and what will be a waste of time and what won't be a waste of time. "
Nick Cave
Learn
Freedom
Great
" The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. "
Emma Goldman
Purpose
Freedom
Sacrifice
" I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that freedom of expression is not freedom from consequence. "
Roxane Gay
Wish
Believe
Freedom
" Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. "
Henrik Ibsen
Truth
You
Never
" In 1965, I was teaching a seminar on freedom when I told my students that the ultimate freedom lay in casting a dice to decide what to do. They were so shocked and fascinated that I knew I had to write the book. "
Luke Rhinehart
Dice
Write
Students
" Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. "
Arthur Schopenhauer
Element
Life
Pain
" Columbus was above all an explorer, and his historic achievements opened the Americas to trade and the eventual English settlements, settlements which grew into the most successful bastion of freedom and prosperity in human history, the United States of America. "
Tom Tancredo
Freedom
America
History
" It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area. "
Lewis Hamilton
Leader
Play
Make A Difference
" Blessed are the blind, for they know not enough to ask why. "
Ernest Renan
Why
Enough
Blind
" Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all. "
Rosa Luxemburg
Only
Though
Freedom
" Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. "
A. J. Liebling
Only
Freedom
Who
" Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Own
Three
Way
" 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. "
Angela Rye
Live
Thrive
Freedom
" Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things. "
Leslie Jones
Freedom
Speech
Hate
" Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently. "
Ben Carson
People
Media
Speech
" True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. "
Brigham Young
Freedom
True
Independence
" Freedom is never given; it is won. "
A. Philip Randolph
Given
Freedom
Won
" The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period. "
Kim Young-sam
Blood
Freedom
United Nations
" I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. "
Yasser Arafat
Fighter
Olive
Hand
" Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day. "
John Ralston Saul
Must
Day
Every Day
" Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return. "
Bob Taft
Support
Bravery
Appreciation
" The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception. "
Peter Singer
Politics
People
Internet
" I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom... Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that? "
Ralph Abernathy
History
Better
Fighting
" Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom. "
Friedrich August von Hayek
Generation
Freedom
Voting
" Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. "
Joichi Ito
Freedom
Democracy
Words
" It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom. "
Robin Morgan
You
Fight
Winning
" Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it? "
Chuck Palahniuk
Identity
Great
Freedom
" We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press. "
Roger Ailes
Religion
Press
Losing