Freedom Of Choice Quotes

• There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

  David Hume

  Choices, Refuse

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• Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

  Ronald Reagan

  Witty, War, Marijuana

  "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" by Alan Greenspan, Penguin Press, Chapter 4, (p. 87), 2007.

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• Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.

  David O. McKay

  Giving, Choices, Earth

  LDS General Conference Report, p. 32, April, 1950.

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• So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.

  Mike Norton

  Long, Choices, Bravery

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• Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

  Stephen Covey

  Change, Encouragement, Freedom

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• 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.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

  Madeleine L'Engle (2008). “The Young Unicorns”, p.202, Macmillan

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• The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sympathy

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• It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ch. 18 (1999)

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• Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

  C. Wright Mills

  Inspirational, Freedom, Opportunity

  C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Sociological Imagination”, p.174, Oxford University Press

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• Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity. Without creativity, there is no life.

  Benjamin Spock

  Creativity, Choices, Captain Kirk

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• Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

  Jules Renard

  4th Of July, Choices, Liberty

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• Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Freedom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

  George McGovern

  Choices, Healthy, Everyday

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• Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

  Albert Camus

  Decisions You Make, Choices Made, Today

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

  Sandra Bullock

  Believe, Choices, Carving

  "Sandra Bullock Talks The Lake House". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. June 13, 2006.

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• Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Inspirational, Leadership, Being Happy

  Viktor E. Frankl (2015). “Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition”, p.55, Beacon Press

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  For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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• Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Life, Motivational, Choices Made

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• The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

  John Stuart Mill

  Motivational, Freedom, Names

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.160, Hackett Publishing

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• As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Freedom, Responsibility, Choices

  Arnold J. Toynbee (1949). “Civilization on Trial”

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• I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.

  Amy Tan

  Intelligent, Expression, Choices

  "Author of The Joy Luck Club". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else.

  George McGovern

  Hurt, Responsibility, People

  "Recruit George McGovern to Speak - at the REPUBLICAN Convention!" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 16, 2012.

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• In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

  Peter Ustinov

  Freedom, America, Choices

  Peter Ustinov (1969). “The wit of Peter Ustinov”

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• One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Freedom, Attitude, Positive Thinking

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• I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

  Corliss Lamont

  Believe, Men, Decision

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