Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody’s slavery.
Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.
I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.
Freedom of speech should be wide open as long as it doesn’t incite violence.
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.
Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.
There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.
A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Freedom has a price. Most people aren’t willing to pay it.
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality, and right to peace.
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
