There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please.
Dilige et quod vis fac. (Love and then what you will, do.)
He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect—freedom of thought and freedom of action.
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the law permits.
Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies.
Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want.
I am doing what I'm doing, and if you don't like it, don't go see it.
I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
I don't oppose hunting in any way, shape or form. If that's what you enjoy doing, you are free to do it.
Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power.
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
It there is no check to the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.
It used to be the boast of free men that, so long as they kept within the bounds of the known law, there was no need to ask anybody's permission or to obey anybody's orders. It is doubtful whether any of us can make this claim today.
Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control.
If a man's free will to adopt ideas and values is inalienable, his freedom of action - his freedom to put these ideas into effect in the world - is not in such a fortunate condition.
Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we...yes, I assure you...we should be begging to be under control again at once.
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
Effective competition requires that traders have large freedom of action when conducting their own affairs.
Women have a right, I believe, to do whatever they want as long as they don't break the law.
What would this country be like without the press prying to find out what the government is doing?
I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.
