A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

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

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law where there is no law there is no freedom.

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended.

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

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine freedom and a little flower.

How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Freedom means the right of people to assemble organize and debate openly.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but by controlling the desire.

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.

If a nation values anything more than freedom it will lose its freedom and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more it will lose that too.

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.

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

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils to surrender to them our freedom in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.