"The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"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!"

"The best road to progress is freedom's road."

"Men of ideas vanish first when freedom vanishes."

"Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past."

"Freedom lies in being bold."

"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness."

"If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom."

The more institutions and freedoms and benefits one can take for granted – of which in my view free state-supported galleries and museums come high on the list – the more civilised a society is.

I am a lover of truth, a worshiper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”

“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”

Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

“Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.”

I think that to a great degree, reggae companies have become very corporate and so maybe some don't have that freedom to say whatever they want to say.

Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.

I want God, I want poetry, I want danger, I want freedom, I want sin.

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

“I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.”

“If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.”

“We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.”