Pursuit Of Freedom Quotes

#1. I fear that those who see freedom solely as a political concept will never fully grasp its meaning. The political pursuit of freedom can lead to its eradication on a grand scale - or rather it opens the door to countless curtailments.

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar

#2. Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

Ted Strickland

#3. They were a proud people, cheerful in the face of hardship, strong in the depths of captivity, and ruthless in their pursuit of freedom.

Dan Wells

#4. Ryvah (Rahy-va), noun. 1. A state of being in which your own life ceases to have value except to become a tool of fate, whose only purpose is to fight for, and if need be, die for, the absolute unconditional right to freedom and love. 2. The ultimate pursuit of freedom.

M.J. Leonard

#5. For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping to make our world a safer place.

John M. McHugh

#6. Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this
in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer
and at your hands.

Jasper Fforde

#7. Freedom is free from fears, choice of faith.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#8. The pursuit of a set purpose by logical means is the way of tyranny; the pursuit of an unobtainable purpose by absurd means is the way of freedom.

Tom King

#9. I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Barry M. Goldwater

#10. While we shall never weary in the defense of freedom, neither shall we ever abandon the pursuit of peace.

John F. Kennedy

#11. My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.

Lance Loud

#12. That is the America which stands not in pursuit of an axis of evil, but which is itself at the axis of hope and faith and peace and freedom.

Dennis Kucinich

#13. The free society does not guarantee virtue any more than it guarantees happiness. But it allows for the pursuit of both, a pursuit rendered all the more meaningful and profound because success is not guaranteed: it has to be won through personal striving.

Dinesh D'Souza

#14. Perhaps in the pursuit of happiness, men and women take somewhat different paths. And, isn't it more than a little patronizing to suggest that most ... women are not free? They're not self-determining human beings?

Christina Hoff Sommers

#15. You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.

Oriana Fallaci

#16. Could we not argue that America is about freedom, whether we live it out or not, but it really is about freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. And that's what church is all about.

Clementa C. Pinckney

#17. The pursuit of knowledge was freedom to me, the right to declare your own curiosities and follow them through all manner of books.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#18. Freedom means self-fulfillment. It also means putting up with other people's irritating pursuit of the same. It means being confronted by disturbing images and ideas.

Wendy McElroy

#19. So we passed, handcuffed and in silence, through the streets of Washington, through the Captial of a nation, whose theory of government, we are told, rests on the foundation of man's inalienable right to life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness! Hail! Columbia, happy land, indeed!

Solomon Northup

#20. In their pursuit to make us choose the "right" option, politicians and media pundits create a new holy entity called freedom of expression. It becomes another sacred, holy, untouchable "cow." Another religious concept which if you're "killed" promoting, you become a "martyr.

Anonymous

#21. The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their "pursuit of happiness" to outright obliterating it.

Aberjhani

#22. The pursuit of financial stability needs to replace the pursuit of financial freedom in our basic beliefs about what money can provide.

Erik Wecks

#23. They've willingly embraced Christian freedom but without an equal pursuit of Christian virtue. Among

Kevin DeYoung

#24. The right to "liberty" and "pursuit" of happiness is incompatible with a government that makes choices for you.

A.E. Samaan

#25. When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Gerry Adams

#26. To guarantee the individual maximum freedom within a social frame of minimal laws ensures - if not happiness - its hopeful pursuit.

John Updike

#27. There is far more happiness in a life that is your own than a life in which you are handed the lines to say and shown the gestures to make. Do not ever be ambitious.

Ken Liu

#28. With the pursuit of faith, I am a free soul.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#29. My adopted political ideals had let me approach money with an elevated level of distaste. I saw it as a materialistic pursuit for materialistic people, but what I have realized over time is that in many ways, money spells freedom.

Sophia Amoruso

#30. Prosperity and abundance in a society depend on a certain type of person: the producer. Societies with few producers stagnate and decay, while nations with a large number of producers vibrantly grow-in wealth, freedom, power, influence and the pursuit of happiness.

Oliver DeMille

#31. People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.

Saul Alinsky

#32. In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.

Carine Roitfeld

#33. Because of our freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. People assume the most important word in that sentence is 'freedom,' when, in fact, it is 'pursue.' If we don't pursue life, we are just as free to waste it. Our averageness is the degree to which we fail to attempt that pursuit.

Ryan Quinn

#34. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness ... but only when you pay your taxes? That means your freedom is rented, leased, & not unalienable.

Steve Maraboli

#35. Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

Frank Herbert