#freedom

People do still cheer for the President. And some of the military audiences are more likely to cheer than others. I have seen him speak lately in front of groups like Freedom House, where the applause was a long time coming. ↗

— Gwen Ifill

#audiences #cheer #coming #freedom #front

Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#attention #behind #consciousness #focus #freedom

And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#christians #deny #else #faith #feeling

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#freedom #ignorant #keeping #lies #people

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom. ↗

— Lonnie Earl Johnson

#angry #children #cloud #counts #course

Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#common #common faith #democratic #faith #freedom

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#freedom #freedom from #ignorance

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#freedom #freedom from #living #mean #mistakes

If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout Freedom for the working class! ↗

— Mother Jones

#freedom #hang #i #me #scaffold

You break through the veil whenever you strap on a sword or chant the ancient verses. You escape when you write a poem or a tale that brings beauty into the world. You are set free whenever you love—even those who believe you’re crazy. ↗

— Jef Murray

#escapism #expression #freedom #oloris #art