Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
— Rudy Giuliani
Now we understand much more clearly. why people from all over the world want to come to New York and to America. It's called freedom.
Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle in Chicago. She was jealous of the freedom life gave me.
— Ruby Wax
Freedom is a muscle... you have to exercise it.
— Roy Scheider
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.
— Rowan Atkinson
There's something to be said for being given a tremendous amount of freedom as an actor.
— Rosemarie DeWitt
Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement.
— Rose George
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all.
— Rosa Luxemburg
I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: 'This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.' Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.
— Ronald Reagan
Man is not free unless government is limited.
Because of the terrorist threat, the FBI and CIA have become as important as the military in preserving our freedom. Yet while thanking our military is standard practice in American life, no one thinks of thanking the FBI, the CIA, or the rest of the intelligence community for keeping us safe since 9/11.
— Ronald Kessler
Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.
— Ron Paul
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
I want to err on the side of constitutional liberty and freedom.
— Ron Johnson
The standing orders of the Parliamentary Party, however, apply to me, apply to every other Member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and they put into a context the way in which those rights to freedom of speech should be exercised.
— Ron Davies
'Answer The Call' - we're trying to support the real heroes of our world, the people who protect us and afford us freedom and give us that peace of mind.
— Roman Reigns
The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves.
A philosophy of freedom must set out from the experience of thinking, for it is through this experience of thinking that a human being discovers his own self, finds his bearings as an independent personality.
— Rudolf Steiner
You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own.
— Ruby Dee
I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that freedom of expression is not freedom from consequence.
— Roxane Gay
I had English grammar book and started to teach myself. I read 'Catcher in Rye,' in Russian. I was amazed at freedom in 'Catcher in Rye!' Freedom to have those perceptions of life!
— Roustam Tariko
Always be your husband's best friend, make him laugh and give him a little bit of freedom - you can't suffocate him.
— Roselyn Sanchez
It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.
— Rosanne Cash
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
— Rosa Parks
The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.
— Ronda Rousey
We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Americans are free to choose everything from what they eat, drive and watch on TV to the President of the United States. Yet, when it comes to allowing Americans to choose the health insurance that works best for them and their family, the freedom to choose suddenly becomes un-American.
— Ron Wyden
There is only one kind of freedom and that's individual liberty. Our lives come from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. It has nothing to do with government granting it.
Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq.
— Ron Lewis
The House Judiciary Committee is a great place to promote our core principles of constitutionally limited government, individual freedom and the rule of law.
— Ron DeSantis
There's a lot of freedom in having nothing. You don't have responsibility. You have nobody to answer to. But I'd rather deal without the poverty.
— Ron Cooper
People call us heroes, but we are nothing compared to our police force and fire fighters and everybody who protects us and makes sure our freedom is held to the highest standard.
Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.
If a motive affects me, and I am compelled to act on it because it proves to be the 'strongest' of its kind, then the thought of freedom ceases to have any meaning. How should it matter to me whether I can do a thing or not, if I am forced by the motive to do it?
A lot of people feel trapped by circumstance, by the expectations of others or the perception that they need a lot of money. They would like to have a different direction in their lives, but they're held back by fear or desires that are incompatible with that freedom.
— Roz Savage
Placing Margaret Sanger on the $20 bill will remind us of what she has done for women and our reproductive health and how the fight for reproductive freedom is an ongoing one.
It's a long way from Martin Luther's 'On the Freedom of a Christian' to 'Eat, Pray, Love,' and a vigorous Protestantism should be able to prevent the former from degenerating into the latter.
— Ross Douthat
I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom.
— Rose Wilder Lane
Success is freedom - scripts coming your way and getting to choose the stories you want to tell.
— Rosamund Pike
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.
Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
What we should all argue for is the use of freedom rather than having a monetary system with regulation domination that is run by a cartel and the special interests - that is the kind of system we have today.
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.
Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.
The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of game playing. There ought to be comprehensive childcare, a comprehensive approach to housing, a sane, rational way to finance education. But I also strongly believe in the notion of fundamental individual freedom.
— Ron Dellums
I'm disturbed by the words missing from the Trump campaign: Liberty, justice, freedom, and tolerance.
— Ron Chernow
