The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact. Julie Burchill abortionboilcontraception Change image and share on social
The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor. Isaiah Berlin chainenslavementextension Change image and share on social
Women, like men, ought to have their youth so glutted with freedom they hate the very idea of freedom. Vita Sackville-West freedomgluthate Change image and share on social
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society. Pope John Paul II conscienceengravefreedom share on social
The enemies of freedom will not prevail. Bill Frist enemyfreedomprevail Change image and share on social
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it. Corazon Aquino bringfreedomland Change image and share on social
But once you allow yourself to recognize necessity, you find two things: One you find your options so restricted that the only course of action is obvious, and, two, that a great sense of freedom comes with the decision. Steven Brust actiondecisionfind share on social
I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things. Naguib Mahfouz counterdefenddiffer Change image and share on social
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. Aldous Huxley anarchybadcommon Change image and share on social
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. Anna Julia Cooper birthrightclassfreedom Change image and share on social
