Every country in history that has gone down dark paths, where governments take on too much control and really intervene and take away those freedoms, often start with an attack on the freedom to disagree.
— Andrew Scheer
The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating.
— Andrew Goodman
Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.
— Andrew Cohen
My mother and I were part of a deal in the mid-'60s between Romania and Israel. Israel bought freedom for Romanian Jews for $2,000 a head. Ceausescu made a bundle in hard currency. He also 'sold' ethnic Germans to West Germany. Instead of going to Israel, my mother and I came to the United States.
— Andrei Codrescu
I believed in a number of the E.U.'s core values - the promotion of peace, global trading opportunities, and the values of freedom and democracy. These are areas in which our great country leads the world.
— Andrea Leadsom
Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.
— Andrea Bocelli
At my shows, I like everyone to have a good time... but, I like for us to be real because there's freedom in that.
— Andra Day
People don't want to have their rights online violated. They want the freedom of the Internet.
— Ana Kasparian
I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.
— Amy Tan
The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.
— Amy Klobuchar
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.
— Amity Shlaes
There is no doubt that Iraqis, like Australians and Americans, love and desire freedom. However, if freedom doesn't mean the right to complete self-determination, unfettered by interests other than one's own, then that freedom is less than worthless - it's oppression.
— Amir Butler
I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.
— Amanda Palmer
I made a vow to myself while I was a hostage that if I were lucky enough to live and to get out of Somalia, I would do something meaningful with my life - and specifically something that would be meaningful in the country where I'd lost my freedom.
— Amanda Lindhout
It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.
— Alvin Lee
The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the personal decision to find spiritual liberty that leads to a better life here on Earth and for eternity. On Sundays in America, the most conservative people can be found in black churches.
— Allen West
Socialism and freedom are not compatible, regardless of repeated convincings.
— Alija Izetbegovic
When you have variety, you have freedom.
— Andrew Neil
I think a lot of nice things happen when you're driving, or when you're on a plane, or whatever. There's a certain freedom that comes along with motion.
— Andrew Dost
It may be a task that's so Herculean, but I think it's a worthy goal to try to open up America to individuals who just so happen to have a different skin color, that they have every right and every freedom to think what they want to think.
— Andrew Breitbart
The U.K. will leave the European Union, freedom of movement will end, and the British parliament will decide how many people come to live here.
Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.
— Andrea Dworkin
The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time.
— Andre Leon Talley
Because of technology today, we expect kids to stay in touch with us too much. I think that's unnatural. We really do have to give kids their freedom and allow them to go off and become adults.
— Andie MacDowell
My childhood memories are amazing; I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside.
— Ana de Armas
I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.
— Amy Ryan
In one respect, I like the freedom of using all the people that I love instead of being dictated by the studio to use the hot person of the moment.
— Amy Heckerling
Such is the impurity of our enterprise, as writers or as critics, that even in the act of proclaiming our freedom from the demands of authenticity, we are never free from brandishing it.
— Amitava Kumar
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.
— Amber Benson
There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.
It's difficult to put into words what freedom feels like. You only know what freedom feels like if you know what it feels like to not be free.
That's the kind of musical freedom I like: jazz, rock, blues, anything. You adopt different attitudes when you play different music.
When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.
When you are in prison, you have but one desire: freedom. If you fall ill in prison, you do not think about freedom - you think about health. Health is, therefore, more important than freedom.
As part of the E.U., my children can have the freedom and the opportunity to work and live across Europe; to be ambitious in the world's largest market; and to access so much of the history, the culture and the opportunity which is our common European heritage.
— Andrew Lansley
Freedom has no history.
We should give people the freedom to express who they are.
— Andreja Pejic
I want to live in a Britain where there is a shared belief in freedom and democracy, and equal rights for men and women.
As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.
No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
— Andre Breton
Every American has the freedom to choose a particular lifestyle, but that doesn't mean every American has to embrace a particular lifestyle as equally worthy.
— Ander Crenshaw
Jews have been harmed by the threats to freedom of opinion and debate, the punishments for candor, and the decline in rigorous standards in the academy that have accompanied progressive hegemony, which insists upon the sacrosanct status of affirmative action and other policies favored by the left.
— Amy Wax
All through high school, I was incredibly healthy. I loved the outdoors, and I loved snowboarding because of the freedom.
— Amy Purdy
Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections of freedom of religion. I think he would also approve of the way the U.S. has been able to attract talented people from all over the world.
— Amy Chua
A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
— Amiri Baraka
I attended university because I have always felt that education is freedom and power.
— Amanda Warren
I would like to especially acknowledge my home community of Calgary, and the people of central Alberta who made my dream of freedom a reality.
Freedom is... not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day.
— Amanda de Cadenet
My definition of freedom is still ruled by the reluctance to live a conventional life, from Emilio Salgari's pirates.
— Alvaro Enrigue
As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.