Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Why is freedom such a hard sell? That's the question. In this country, why has the idea of individual liberty and responsibility become such a hard sell? That's something I never thought would happen here.

The problem with this world is that there isn't enough liberty and freedom.

The solution of the social problem is in liberty.

Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.

Liberty means that a man is recognized as free and treated as free by those who surround him.

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.

I insist that people - wherever they live - have their rights and they must be able to fight for them.

There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!

I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.

A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

Struggle for freedom. Where people are denied the right of choice, recourse to such struggle is the only means of achieving their liberties.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.

We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

For the majority of people liberty means only the system and the administrators they are used to.

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.

Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

Establish democracy ... based on human rights as superior to property rights.

People have rights and government must be kept from trampling on them.

By 'Freedom' for Negroes, I meant and still mean, full economic, political and Social equality with American citizens, in thought, expression and action, with no discrimination based on race or color.

Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives; no one should be subject to the will of another.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of a civil society …. This will come.