#reed

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#brave #call #country #false #free

If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission. ↗

— Deborah Feldman

#freedom #dreams

Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations. ↗

— Guy Verhofstadt

#brothers #conviction #duty #freedom #further

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#country #discussion #freedom #i #independence

The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#anonymity #anytime #anywhere #brings #connect

As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#american dream #been #dream #federal #federal government

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#fear #freedom #stronger #than #tyranny

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point. ↗

— Abdoulaye Wade

#democracy #edifice #freedom #like #point

For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#centuries #chance #cry #emerge #freedoms