It is open for anyone to have freedom of speech, and I guess we can all play a role in trying to make a difference in the world. Particularly if your leader is not helping in that area.
— Lewis Hamilton
Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
— Leslie Jones
Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.
— Les Baxter
If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.
— Leo Buscaglia
My parents were lovers of books, and they raised us in a manner that viewed freedom and subversion as indispensable.
— Leila Slimani
Israel is a beacon of hope, freedom and liberty surrounded by existential threats.
— Lee Zeldin
I am not interested in ratings by Freedom House or whatever.
— Lee Kuan Yew
Freedom means everything to me. It is the most essential right that every person deserves. Most people take it for granted, but not North Koreans.
— Lee Hyeon-seo
Some people criticize North Koreans and ask, 'Are they stupid? How can they believe those ridiculous things?' But I say, It doesn't matter if you're smart: if you were born in North Korea, you would be exactly like us. We don't know what freedom is. We have never enjoyed it.
Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about individualism and freedom. The development of technology supported these directions.
— Lech Walesa
I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.
Genuine supporters of Palestinians’ rights are fighting for equality, justice and freedom, aims that are in diametric opposition to any form of antisemitism.
— Layla Moran
Donald Trump's candidacy has been a source of anxiety for many reasons, but one stands out: the ability of the president to launch nuclear weapons. When it comes to starting a nuclear war, the president has more freedom than he or she does in, say, ordering the use of torture.
— Lawrence M. Krauss
It is freedom that makes this the greatest country in the world. And it is freedom that so frequently keeps me on the optimistic side of life.
— Lawrence Kudlow
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
That's why our country is such a beautiful, beautiful experiment: We manifest, we allow freedom if you follow certain rules and if you work really hard. That's at the root of our cherished values.
— Laurene Powell Jobs
My childhood was as conventional as you could get. I think I probably created 'Arcadia' with a certain amount of wishful thinking. I would have loved to have more looseness and freedom and community.
— Lauren Groff
As we express our gratitude to veterans for protecting our freedom, it is imperative that we provide them the necessary services and benefits they rightfully deserve.
— Letitia James
I completely identify with finding freedom in boundaries. That's why I tend to have more freedom when I write nonfiction over fiction: because I'm running up against actuality and beholden to the truth in a different way.
— Leslie Jamison
A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.
— Leonard Peltier
Somebody could look at me and go, 'She's dressed black,' or 'She's behaving in the stereotypical way of a black lesbian.' But this is how I feel most comfortable. This is my authentic self. I want the freedom to be that regardless of how someone interprets it.
— Lena Waithe
The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom.
— Leigh Whannell
I couldn't pedal a bike as a child, so I had a donkey instead. I loved the power and freedom it had.
— Lee Pearson
Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.
In communism, we never had any freedom - of movement, of speech, of press. We didn't even make own decisions for our lives, our future. We were human robots.
You look at the Americans. They don't lack fervour in moral causes. They promote democracy, freedom of speech, women's rights, gay rights, sometimes even transgender rights. But you don't see them applying that universally across the world with all their allies.
— Lee Hsien Loong
Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
This age of terror will end one day, but whether our society can restore the feeling of freedom that once was our birthright is hard to predict.
— Lawrence Wright
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
— Lawrence Lessig
The E.U.'s tax and regulatory policies, climate-change and welfare spending, and free immigration even in wartime are gradually ruining Europe. That's why I believe Brexit is good for British freedom, political autonomy, and the survival of democratic capitalism.
Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.
— Laurie Metcalf
The southern Chinese are a mixture of the Han, or northern Chinese, and the local tribes, some of which allowed women a great deal of freedom - much to the horror of the Chinese who were good Confucians. As a result, the folklore from southern China has strong females; and I found that the folktales mirrored my own experience.
— Laurence Yep
Children tell themselves stories, engage in self-delusion and fantasy, but those narratives are more evolving than calcified - and with that malleability comes both freedom and danger.
— Laura van den Berg
That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity.
— Lester Maddox
America had the message of freedom and democracy, but we haven't actually shown that to be what we do in the world. So I think that's a terrifying thing.
— Lesli Linka Glatter
It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.
— Leo McKern
For me, it is freedom, freedom from everything: when I write, I'm not a woman. I'm not a Muslim. I'm not a Moroccan. I can reinvent myself, and I can reinvent the world.
School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.
— Leigh Steinberg
I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.
— Lee Myung-bak
In the East, the main object is to have a well-ordered society so that everybody can have maximum enjoyment of his freedoms. This freedom can only exist in an ordered state and not in a natural state of contention and anarchy.
I defected to South Korea in search of freedom of speech and movement. I had longed to put my feet on this soil, even in my dreams.
The people who are writing online and the people in my genre of creative non-fiction exert a great deal more freedom that journalists are allowed to exert in their day-to-day work.
— Lee Gutkind
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
The drinker is a Dionysiac, a dancer who sits still, a mocker. He doesn't need your seriousness or your regard. He just needs a little quiet music and a gentle freedom from priests.
— Lawrence Osborne
Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.
We got our freedom and our liberty from the Creator, from God. That is a lesson conservatives have to remember.
There's a lot to love about America - freedom, the melting pot of diversity, individualism - all attractive concepts, especially to an introvert. In fact, the introverts were probably the first to feel crowded in England and to daydream about all the space they would find in the New World. Peace! Quiet!
— Laurie Helgoe
On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.
— Laurence Fishburne