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License Quotes

Quotes on liberty, permission and responsible freedom

These license quotes weigh freedom against restraint, warning that when liberty tips into unchecked license, real trouble tends to follow. A writer here even admits to leaning on generous apply amounts of poetic license in autobiography.

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near.

Quotes by Will Durant

All business must have a social license to operate.

Quotes by Sharan Burrow

Purchasing power is a license to purchase power.

Quotes by Raoul Vaneigem

I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license.

Quotes by Michael Franks

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A license to practice law is not a license to violate it.

Quotes by Loretta Lynch

I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked.

Quotes by Kirsten Dunst

My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

Quotes by Craig Ferguson

Personal liberty is not personal license.

Quotes by Billy Sunday

'License to Kill' is not one of the great Bond movies.

Quotes by Benicio Del Toro

Frequently Asked Questions

What warning do these license quotes give about freedom?
One quote cautions that once liberty turns into unchecked license, dictatorship tends to follow close behind.
Do any quotes mention creative license in writing?
Yes, one quote from a writer admits to using generous amounts of poetic license while writing autobiographically.
What do the quotes say about business and licensing?
One quote argues that every business needs a social license to operate, beyond any formal legal permit.
Is holding a legal license the same as being above the law?
No, one quote makes clear that a license to practice law does not grant permission to violate it.
Is there more reading on the idea of poetic license?
Yes, one quote touches on writers leaning on generous license; our apply quotes collection explores related ideas about how people stretch or apply rules.

Other entries widen the idea to commerce and law, arguing that every business needs a social license to operate, and that holding a legal license is not the same as being free to break the rules it protects.