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“We are Liberals who believe in smaller government, lower taxes, greater freedom.”
Tony Abbott (born 1957) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Fact file: What Tony Abbott promised on tax" ABC News, ( 23 Jul 2014)
“Prosperity and penury do not turn on gyno-centric and gay matters. But leftist statists and libertarians of the left place these wedge issues at the forefront of the fight for freedom. [...] Every bit as bad as liberals, "libertarian" political operators are prepared to shed political blood over any imagined sign of bigotry.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beware of Liberals in Libertarian Drag" WorldNetDaily.com, November 7, 2013.
“A propagandized population has a hard time choosing worthy heroes. It is high time Americans celebrate the Anti-Federalists, for they were correct in predicting the fate of freedom after Philadelphia.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anti-Federalists Prophesied the End of Freedom", American Daily Herald, December 9, 2013.
“Anti-discrimination law is inconsistent with freedom of association and the right of private property.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The right to discriminate is the essence of liberty,” Junge Freiheit, April 9, 2015.
“I’d give "anything" for freedom from The State, provided "anything" is a figure of speech (no limbs, eyes, etc.)”
Ilana Mercer wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To comprehend the hysterical mass contagion that is the war on Trump it's essential to trace the contours of that other war, 'Operation Iraqi Freedom,' and the way it was peddled to the American public.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Beware The Atavistic Dynamics Undergirding Two American Wars," The Ludwig von Mises Centre For Property and Freedom, June 21, 2017.
“If men flashed for freedom as women do; they'd be arrested, jailed and placed on the National Sex Offender Registry.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harvey Sweinstein And Hollywood's Hos," Townhall.com, October 20, 2017.
“Our soldiers have been propagandized to conflate fighting for American freedom with fights in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Finally, A War John McCain Doesn't Love," Townhall.com, October 27, 2017.
“These new technologies are not yet inevitable. But if they blossom fully into being, freedom may irrevocably perish. This is a fight not only for the meaning of our individual lives, but for the meaning of our life together.”
Bill McKibben (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Citizens should distrust politicians who distrust freedom.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The arrogance of power is the best hope for the survival of freedom.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People have been taught to expect far more from government than from freedom.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As long as rulers are above the law, citizens have the same type of freedom that slaves had on days when their masters chose not to beat them.”
James Bovard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You don't have to carry a gun to be a freedom fighter.”
Mac Maharaj (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thank Pussy Riot for standing firmly in their belief for Freedom of Expression, and making all women of the world proud to be women.”
Yoko Ono (born 1933) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Scores of musicians urge Russia to release Pussy Riot" at Amnesty International (22 July 2013)
“Freedom is incomplete if it is exercised in poverty.”
Harry Schwarz (1924–2010) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harry Schwarz in 'Poverty Corrodes Freedom' (1993).
“If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I would shout, 'Freedom for the working class!'”
Mother Jones (died 1930) said by 1930 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Western values, freedom of speech, democracy and rights for women are incompatible with Islam, which is a cancer eating away at our freedoms and our democracy and rights for our women and something needs to be done about it.”
Nick Griffin (born 1959) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: BNP's Griffin: Islam is a cancer", by Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News (9 July 2009)
“Speaking frankly, I find it difficult to accept lessons on press freedom from The Times, a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch.”
Leon Bertoletti (born 1971) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Freedom and the Press, Hic Sunt Leones, 3/10/2009
“The progress of science, of good science, depends on novel ideas and on intellectual freedom: science has very often been advanced by outsiders (remember that Bohr and Einstein regarded themselves as outsiders).”
Paul Karl Feyerabend (1924–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This time the struggle is for our freedom, this time the struggle is for our independence! Joy bangla!”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I pray, I'm not just telling God my problems, but rather I'm turning over my biggest concerns to him. It's only when I've put them in his capable hands that I can go about my day in his strength and freedom.”
Bill Hybels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Freedom is completely without meaning unless it is related to necessity, unless it represents victory over necessity.”
Jacques Ellul (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We should leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth, and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war, and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern, and good intentions.”
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I’ll Stay Away from the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics.” Guardian, August 7, 2008.
“Living in a system under the Communist ideology, an artist cannot avoid fighting for freedom of expression. You always have to be aware that art is not only a self-expression but a demonstration of human rights and dignity. To express yourself freely, a right as personal as it is, has always been difficult, given the political situation.”
“'Why are you so concerned about society?' That is always the question. And my answer is simple: 'Because you are an artist, you have to associate yourself with freedom of expression.'”
“A land that rejects the truth, barricades itself against change and lacks the spirit of freedom is hopeless.”
“Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.”
“Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.”
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ai Weiwei Twitter feed: @AiWW (8:16 p.m. December 22, 2011).
“China [is a] society which forbids any flow of the information and freedom of speech. This is on record, so everybody should know this.”
“[With] 140 words in Chinese, you really can write a novel. Most of Confucius’s sentences [are] only four words, so 140 words [might] take his whole life to write. And you can discuss the most profound ideas related to democracy, freedom, poetry.”
“If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.”
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solway, Diane. “Enforced Disappearance.” W Magazine, November 2011.
“I think restrictions are an essential condition in the fight for freedom of expression. It’s also a source for any kind of creativity.”
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Solway, Diane. “Enforced Disappearance.” W Magazine, November 2011.
“A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.”
“I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.”
“During my detention, they kept asking me: Ai Weiwei, what is the reason you have become like this today? My answer is: First, I refuse to forget. My parents, my family, their whole generation and my generation all paid a great deal in the struggle for freedom of speech. Many people died just because of one sentence or even one word. Somebody has to take responsibility for that.”
“Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.”
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Artist Ai Weiwei: China Crushes Dissenting Voices," in: Fox News, June 11, 2012.
“Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.”
“I’ve never planned any part of my career—except being an artist. And I was pushed into that corner because I thought being an artist was the only way to have a little freedom.”
“The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.”
“I have no sense of why I lost my freedom and if you do not know how you lost something, how can you protect it?”
“Wealth is a virtue which has to be practised, really learnt, if it is to be of any real use to its owner, turned to good account, giving him confidence, freedom, power and independence - not enervating him, making him dependent, stingy, soft and vain.”
Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broken Lights Diaries 1957-59.
“The question, then, for Western companies, as much as for Western governments, is to decide whose side they are on: the Chinese officials who like to define their culture in a paternalistic, authoritarian way, or the large number of Chinese who have their own ideas about freedom.”
Ian Buruma (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To silence criticism is to silence freedom.”
Sidney Hook (1902–1989) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New York Times Magazine (30 September 1951)
“And make no mistake about it: Smith was right. Most of the interventions into economic life by the State were then harmful both to prosperity and freedom. What Smith said needed to be said. In fact, much of what Smith said still needs to be said: good intentions by government are not enough; acts do have consequences that had better be taken into account if good is to follow.”
Paul Samuelson (1915–2009) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Modern Economic Realities and Individualism", The Texas Quarterly (1963)
“Freedom is inseparable from conscience. And even if it is true that all the ideas developed by the social conciousness are the product of evolution, conscience at least has nothing to do with the historic process. Conscience, both as a sense and as a concept, is a priori immanent in man, and shakes the very foundations of the society that has emerged from our ill-conceived civilisation.”
Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from bondage to freedom, from the shadow-land of life into life itself.”
Henry Clay Trumbull (1830–1903) said by 1903 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All scientific work is incomplete – whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, or to postpone the action that it appears to demand at a given time.”
Austin Bradford Hill (1897–1991) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 58 (1965), 295-300