One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights their freedom to publish freedom of thought.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Now do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty.
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character to be altogether one's self to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press.
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States as other countries do. Under the First Amendment freedom of the press freedom of speech and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.
I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart the excision of its memory.
Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious.
Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle that I run around with we all feel the same about God country integrity and character.
Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others and is of the utmost consequence.
If it's total freedom I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
If you don't mind haunting the margins I think there is more freedom there.
When the United States was founded the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships monarchies and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world.
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means and how it behaves in a time of danger war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.
You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say 'This is my kingdom.'
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.