Quotes about Freedom of though

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If a believer demands that I, as a nonbeliever, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect — Flemming Rose
Only knowledge and truth may result in freedom of mind. — Eraldo Banovac
It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. — James Baldwin
Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
With or without 'college' we are able to use our senses by perceiving the world around us, that in turn shapes and creat — Nadja Sam
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more w — John F. Kennedy
[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the c — John F. Kennedy
Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading. — Carla H. Krueger
Existential anguish derives from the human freedom to think and act, experience love for life, and fear death. We must d — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve the world. I hav — Milan Kundera
It’s not the word that’s important, it’s the right to say any word you want to and to form any sentence you want to, tha — Arun D. Ellis, Daydream Believers
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin, more even than death. Thought is subversive and r — Bertrand Russell, Why Men Fight
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind. — John Milton, Comus
You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it. — Scott Howard Phillips
Thought is free. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest
This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, b — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that — William O. Douglas
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure — Douglas Pagels, These Are the Gifts I'd Like to Give to You: A Sourcebook of Joy and Encouragement
A Rule: Life without Islam is a naked tree,Birds without trees can never feel free. — Leena Ahmad Almashat, Harmony Letters