The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices.
They say that structure is freedom, and in a sense it is. When you're dealing with multiple constraints, you have to figure out what you can get out of that.
Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.
Tunisian liberals say that the U.S. Embassy in Tunis is unengaged with their efforts to make sure the Tunisian model remains one of expanding freedom.
Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.
Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away.
It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.
Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.
I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms consonant with Asian freedom and self-respect.
I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.
There's so many ways to do stand up, and I think for awhile, people weren't really maximizing the freedom of it.
I want freedom and I realize that the only way to get it is to quit breaking the law.
The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.
I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.
Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.
The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.
Collective freedom is one devoid of material bondage and one that supports the institutions necessary for democracy.
I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.
I salute all the nations of the Arab Spring and I salute the heroic people of Syria who are striving for freedom, democracy and reform.
