Albert Camus Quotes

It is our purpose to respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live and to see sovereign rights and self-government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

Civil liberty is the power of a civil society or state to govern itself by its own discretion or by laws of its own making, without being subject to the impositions of any power in appointing and directing which the collective body of the people have no concern and over which they have no control

The individual is greater than the state.

Freedom is our birthright.

Liberty, then, is the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.

Tell freedom I said hello.

I think it's a scary thing for a lot of people to think of the government not being involved in their lives, particularly single women.

From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty

You are either free or not free

There’s a limit to how much living can be done in a life without freedom.

Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Freedom is our most precious treasure. Don't lose it for anything. . . .

Freedom is a birthright, not a grant from government.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.