I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.
— Wilma Rudolph
Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.
— Willie Nelson
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
— William Wordsworth
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
— William O. Douglas
If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.
— William Lyon Phelps
I enjoy being given a certain amount of freedom in order to interpret or to come up with stuff, but I do enjoy collaboration. I seek and thrive on projects where I am going to learn from the people I'm working with.
— William Kempe
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
— William J. Brennan, Jr.
There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom.
— William Hurt
Soundness of understanding is connected with freedom of enquiry; consequently, opinion should, as far as public security will admit, be exempted from restraint.
— William Godwin
Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
Lyft is enabling an exciting new model of freedom and personal mobility, as evidenced by its millions of satisfied users.
— William Clay Ford, Jr.
The imperative of protecting religious freedom was not just a nod in the direction of piety. It reflects the Framers' belief that religion was indispensable to sustaining our free system of government.
— William Barr
The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.
— Willa Cather
One of the great rights as an American citizen is freedom of speech, one of the things that makes this country what it is.
— Will Muschamp
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
— Will Durant
'Gob' is a character that I enjoy playing immensely because I have so much freedom to take his dim-wittedness to all sorts of low levels. I find him interesting because when you see real people who are completely self-unaware, it boggles your mind.
— Will Arnett
On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men.
— Whittaker Chambers
One of the main reasons I came back to Mexico is because I've found freedom and democracy here, something I never found in the United States.
— Willie Wells
America, to me, is freedom.
I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well.
— William Weld
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
— William Morris
If I am outspoken of the dangers of intemperance to members of our armed forces, it is because we are all especially concerned for the welfare of those who are risking their lives in the cause of freedom.
— William Lyon Mackenzie King
If you're a Muslim and you love America and freedom and you hate terror, stay here and help us win and make a future together. We want you.
— William J. Clinton
The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.
The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.
— William Hague
We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.
— William Glasser
There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order.
— William E. Gladstone
Many of the best parts of America's history would have been impossible without police. All the freedoms we enjoy - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear - sit on a foundation of public safety.
— William Bratton
Freedom of religion requires not only freeing religion from undue government regulation and interference. It also requires freeing religion from discrimination and from vile acts of hatred and persecution.
Well, I think the camera freedom is something that we've resisted for a long time and feels like probably the biggest stretch. But it has some huge benefits.
— Will Wright
The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.
— Will McDonough
We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.
Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
— Wilhelm von Humboldt
I certainly enjoy going on stage and lecturing and talking to Congress. That's a personality explanation. And given government proposals, I thought I had a clear view that they were antagonistic to human freedom.
— Whitfield Diffie
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
— Willie Stargell
Freedom is control in your own life.
No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization and freedom of thought.
— William S. Burroughs
No man is good enough to be another's master.
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
— William Lloyd Garrison
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
— William Inge
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
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.
— William Falconer
When Henry Ford founded the company bearing his name in 1903, he saw the car as a means of providing freedom of mobility to people around the world.
In a pluralistic society like ours, I think the ability to resist hate comes from cultivating a civil society that, on the one hand, nurtures the freedom of each group to pursue their faith and distinctive way of life, while, at the same time, fostering the ties that bind us together into a genuine broader community.
Wrong people are wrong because they use their freedom to deny it to others.
— William A. Dembski
Standing up for what you believe in, to me, is freedom of speech. And that's a right that every American citizen has and what makes this country great.
Freedom of the press underpins free societies around the world.
— Will Hurd
In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.
