Quotes about Freedom
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.
— Ronald Reagan
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.
— Ronald Reagan
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
— Ronald Reagan
Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
— Lucille Ball
If we fail now, we shall have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith, that freedom asks more than it gives, and that the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
God's love isn't based on me. It's simply placed on me. And it's the place from which I should live . . . loved.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.
— Lysa TerKeurst
You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.
— Madeleine L'Engle
God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent.
— Madeleine L'Engle
but BEing time is never wasted time. When we are BEing, not only are we collaborating with chronological time, but we are touching on kairos, and are freed from the normal restrictions of time.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.
— Madeleine L'Engle
To be half a century plus is wonderfully exciting, because I haven't lost any of my past, and I am free to stand on the rock of all that the past has taught me as I look to the future.
— Madeleine L'Engle