Quotes About Empowerment

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer.

Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.

The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free.

What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior?

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission.

Human rights and individual liberties, including religious freedom, will be at the heart of the new Iraq.

Well, since I produce and pay for my own albums, it is the ultimate freedom.

The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress.

I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

Working because you want to, not because you have to is financial freedom.

All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow.

No charter of freedom will be worth looking at which does not ensure the same measure of freedom for the minorities as for the majority.

The idea of perfection can be a tyrant you should overthrow, to gain your freedom.

Walking articulates both physical and mental freedom.

While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

It is necessary to grow accustomed to freedom before one may walk in it sure-footedly.

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

We, in the late '60s, '70s and '80s, are acting like we have just discovered freedom and liberation. But I'm sure that many women have worked for that for such a long time.

The greatest humanistic and historical task of the oppressed: to liberate themselves.

I do believe in choice, the freedom of choice and carving out your own happiness.