Freedom Quotes

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.

[H]owever weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom.

The enemies of the country and of freedom of the people have always denounced as bandits those who sacrifice themselves for the noble causes of the people.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance.

Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.

"Freedom" in capitalist countries exists only for those who possess money and who consequently hold power.

At the beginning of a dynasty, taxation yields a large revenue from small assessments. At the end of the dynasty, taxation yields a small revenue from large assessments.

I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.

One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.

Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to participate in transforming and reshaping the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and inform our lives

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

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

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

Up is down, pleasure is pain, darkness is light, slavery is freedom, madness is sanity.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

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

We have dared to be free. Let us dare to be so by ourselves and for ourselves.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

It is unthinkable that a national government which represents women should ignore the issue of the right of all women to political freedom.

Take Charge Of Your Financial Future. I believe investing small amounts each month in the stock market will give you financial freedom in the later years of your life.

The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.

But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?

Freedom has never been free... I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin

The liberation of the earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

Freedom is what we all seek, but it's what we do with that freedom that ultimately defines our character. In the end, a man's character cements his fate, good or bad.

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should have absolute freedom.

Freedom from slavery is achieved only when a person starts to feel and understand that he would prefer death to life as a slave.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.