We have the finest military in the world, an elite group of men and women who continue to be a tremendous source of national pride by routinely putting their lives on the line to protect our freedom.
— Dan Lipinski
Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.
— Dan Gable
Freedom is priceless.
— Damon Dash
No, I don't believe in genius. I believe in freedom. I think anyone can do it. Anyone can be like Rembrandt.
— Damien Hirst
True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.
— Dada Vaswani
I was named after the great emperor Cyrus as my father, Farokh Broacha, was a great admirer of the Persian emperor. Continuing the tradition, I have named my son after Mikhail Gorbachev, someone whom I admire. He gave his people freedom.
— Cyrus Broacha
The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental.
— Cynthia Weil
I used to think that if I had success I would have freedom. But I have less freedom now than I've ever had. And what gives me satisfaction is not the jewelry and not the cars. What gives me satisfaction is doing things for others, like children.
— Criss Angel
With 'AGT' I was allowed more freedom to be myself. It was also quite a different scale.
— Courtney Hadwin
My generation of Americans, the scions of daring dreamers, the children of the fearlessly faithful and the offspring of many of history's most audacious actors - we, together, drink deeply from wells of freedom, liberty and opportunity that we did not dig.
— Cory Booker
Black prophetic fire is the hypersensitivity to the suffering of others that generates a righteous indignation that results in the willingness to live and die for freedom.
— Cornel West
I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
— Corliss Lamont
Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.
— Coretta Scott King
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
— Corazon Aquino
The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
— Constance Baker Motley
All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described.
— Conrad Black
With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
— Dan Castellaneta
I don't think my success or me having the opportunity to have success is from our generation. I think it's from the generations before us. I think it's the fact that people like Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers and people like that fought for us to have the freedom to do and say what we want and have the opportunity to make money.
China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
— Dalai Lama
Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
— D. H. Lawrence
For me, jazz offers so much freedom in the way the music can be interpreted. It's natural to me. It's where I feel most free.
— Cyrille Aimee
With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.
— Cyndi Lauper
When you take on an acting or dancing role, you have to trust your director, and in some ways there is freedom in relinquishing control.
— Craig Revel Horwood
The Shawshank Redemption' isn't a movie about a black guy and a white guy who become friends - it's a movie about freedom. At the end, the cathartic experience of seeing our own emotions reflected back to us, that's the purpose of storytelling.
— Courtney A. Kemp
I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.
— Cornelia Parker
The notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in harmony, is a really dangerous idea. Those who are afflicted with this notion are the first ones to give up their souls, their freedom. Your desire that it be that way will enslave you and make your life vacuous.
— Cormac McCarthy
My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the worst pain and heartaches can be channeled into human monuments, impenetrable and everlasting.
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
I cannot think of a tactical alliance with the Left because I represent the idea that there is a peaceful, nonviolent way to dislodge a dictatorship... A tactical Left alliance damages my argument. If I succeed with them, we will never know if peace can really produce freedom.
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.
That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.
— Conrad Hall
Mountains are freedom. Treat them respectfully.
— Conrad Anker
Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.
Perhaps cliche is nothing more than the weight of the past pinning down your mind. In this sense, imaginative freedom is a way of finding the future, though it isn't so easy to do.
— Damon Galgut
A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.
— Damien Rice
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
— Dag Hammarskjold
Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.
If you read the Freedom Charter carefully, you will find that - the clause that refers to education, and it says education must be free 'on merit.'
— Cyril Ramaphosa
It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.
— Cybill Shepherd
I like working with directors I respect, who give me freedom but also give me a good base from which to work.
I have never articulated a specific number, but I think a nation as great as we are, that professes to favor freedom and liberty, that we would find a way to evidence that in our criminal justice system by achieving what we know we can achieve: a reduction in crime, a reduction in taxpayer expense, and a reduction in the prison population.
There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants freedom.
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
You, the foreign media, have been the companion of my people in its long and painful journey to freedom.
Today, our brave military men and women, just as those who have gone before them, stand on alert, securing freedom at home and guarding the innocent abroad.
— Conrad Burns