Freedom consists not in doing what we like,
but in having the right to do what we ought.
but in having the right to do what we ought.
……Pope John Paul II
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed;
It must be achieved.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed;
It must be achieved.
…….Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men;
So it must be daily earned and refreshed;
else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men;
So it must be daily earned and refreshed;
else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.
……Dwight D. Eisenhower
Those who deny freedom to others,
Those who deny freedom to others,
deserve it not for themselves.
…….Abraham Lincoln
There are two freedoms:
- the false, where a man is free to do what he likes;
-the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
There are two freedoms:
- the false, where a man is free to do what he likes;
-the true, where he is free to do what he ought.
……..Charles Kingsley
We must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it.
We must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it.
…….William Faulkner
Let freedom never perish in your hands.
Let freedom never perish in your hands.
……..Joseph Addison
What then is Freedom?
- The power to live as one wishes.
What then is Freedom?
- The power to live as one wishes.
........Marcus Tullius Cicero
Without Freedom, no one really has a name.
Without Freedom, no one really has a name.
…….Milton Acorda
Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.
Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.
……Nietzsche
Freedom is not worth having;
if it does not include the Freedom to make mistakes.
Freedom is not worth having;
if it does not include the Freedom to make mistakes.
………Mahatma Gandhi
The Freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.
The Freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.
…….Friedrich Durrenmatt
We cannot defend Freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
We cannot defend Freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
…….Edward R. Murrow
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.
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