Human beings crave freedom at their core.
— John Ensign
Painting is really good fun, I have always enjoyed it. As long as I paint what I want with the freedom that I enjoy, I never tire.
— John Dyer
This war is being played in the realm of public opinion and has dire consequences for our soldiers in Iraq, the future of our country, and freedom around the world.
— John Doolittle
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
— John Dalberg-Acton
Obviously, when you get into larger budgets, you have less of that freedom, and I just - I'm not a person that tends to make stories for those larger budgets. To me, it's not much fun to have that kind of pressure.
— John Cameron Mitchell
God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.
— John Calvin
Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed.
— John C. McGinley
The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees.
— John Bruton
Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
— John Bolton
The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult.
— John Boehner
They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.
We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.
— John Ashcroft
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
— John Adams
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home?
— Johann Georg Hamann
To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.
— Joely Richardson
In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted.
— Joe Shuster
Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.
— John Edward Christopher Hill
It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you.
— John Dos Passos
America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it's something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for.
— John Christopher
I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.
What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.
— John Cale
It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
— John C. Calhoun
We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy.
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.
The United States and Israel have a unique relationship based on our mutual commitment to democracy, freedom, and peace. Therefore, just as our commitment to these principles must be steadfast, so must our support for Israel.
When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.
— John Bates Clark
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Is anarchism desirable? Well, who does not seek freedom? What man, unless willing to declare himself in bondage, would care to call any control agreeable? Think about it!
— Johann Most
Thus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.
Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the Constitution off of Christian values. It goes hand-in-hand. As far as the Republican Party? I felt connected to it because individual freedom should not be legislated by the federal government.
— Joe Wurzelbacher
We only won our freedom because of our allies, and we can only sustain it because of them.
— Joe Sestak
The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one.
With his trademark courage and conviction, President Reagan led us out of the Cold War, spreading his vision of freedom, resulting in the release of millions of people from the yoke of communism.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
I'm in the lucky position that I can help a huge amount of people. It's a great privilege and freedom to have.
— John Caudwell
Growing up, it was uncool to admit that your family had any money. And then, instantly, money was cool. In Reagan's parlance, it was about freedom of the individual, which was freedom to be greedy... individual versus society. There was a weird seduction in that, which I still feel.
Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.
— John C. Stennis
I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life. Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.
— John Burroughs
In the States, you have a little bit of freedom to audition for different kinds of roles.
— John Boyega
And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.
They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda.
We are the first on the frontline to go into countries to liberate people in the name of freedom - that's what we've claimed. And now, all of a sudden, they need our help and we turn them away. Yet the rest of Europe stands ready to help. Why are we the first to jump ship?
— John Barnes
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.
I always communicate musically. I want my band not only to learn the form and feel of the song by ear, like I do, but also have the freedom to contribute.
— Joey Alexander
Jerry often says that Slam Bradley was really the forerunner of Superman, because we turned it out with no restrictions, complete freedom to do what we wanted; the only problem was that we had a deadline.