Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

Corliss Lamont

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Denis Diderot

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

Edward Gibbon

It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease.

Elfriede Jelinek

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

I would hate to see the idea of freedom disappear, and I wonder if maybe it will.

Ian Frazier

If you give children the freedom to do very little, quite a lot will do very little.

Jasper Fforde

When truth is no longer free, freedom is no longer real: the truths of the police are the truths of today.

Jacques Prevert

It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.

John Dos Passos

Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.

Jose Rizal

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.

John Ralston Saul

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?

Kate Millett

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

Lord Acton

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

Leo Buscaglia

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

Milton Friedman

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

Milton Friedman

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

Noam Chomsky

The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.

Oriana Fallaci

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Pope John Paul II

The man form is higher than the angel form; of all forms it is the highest. Man is the highest being in creation, because he aspires to freedom.

Paramahansa Yogananda

As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual liberty and freedom of choice.

Richard Dawkins