They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.
I do most of my business on that dirty Internet that you were just talking about, where I find there is a lot of freedom to report exactly what I want.
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.
We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.
The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.
The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free, - Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Car ownership as we know it will change. The promise of car ownership of the past, the freedom of open roads... the reality has been more of a burden.
I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.
I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.
Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.
I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom as a fiction writer. Nothing that happened holds any special tyranny over me.
I need this wild life, this freedom.
There's no one here in America swimming the Pacific Ocean - or the Atlantic, or the Caribbean - to leave this place. The reason why is because of the freedom. Freedom for a man to mark out his own destiny. It's not, 'Hey, you have so much.'
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
The man or country that fights priestcraft and priests is to my mind striking deeper for freedom than can be struck anywhere.
That's an amazing feeling, to walk onstage, and you're not thinking about anything, you're not thinking about your lines or what you're supposed to do - your body, your brain knows, so there's freedom. There's not fear, there's not nerves.
One thing I don't understand is how people want you to replicate your past successes. Being an artist should be about freedom and not just becoming one thing, because I think that's terrible and boring.
To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism.
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.
Let's remember that the revolution in Tahrir Square was not anti-American, it was not anti-Israeli, it was for democracy and freedom. That's a good thing.
Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.
There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? That's why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves.
Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.
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.
Girl Up gives girls an opportunity and gives them a platform and starting point through which they can take it and run with it and help give girls the opportunity to have the freedom, independence and the ability to get an education.
