Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

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"I have realized that freedom is not the absence of responsibility but the honoring of one's own truth."
Princess Anne
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"She offered me salvation. What she offered was a beautiful prison."
Joe Gillis
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"I'm floating here, waiting for someone to tell me what to do next."
Joe Gillis
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"I gave her everything except the one thing she wanted—freedom."
Max von Mayerling
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"She wanted to escape me. She did not understand: there is no escape."
Max von Mayerling
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"Freedom is doing exactly what I want."
Lina Lamont
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"I like to think of myself as a free spirit."
Holly Golightly
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"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow we can do whatever we want?"
Holly Golightly
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"Sometimes I think about running away forever."
Holly Golightly
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"I'm not really a 'go-along' person. I believe in doing things my own way."
Paul Varjak
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"Freedom means being accountable for your own choices."
Paul Varjak
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"I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away."
Princess Anne
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"I never truly lived until I was allowed to be myself."
Princess Anne
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"I envy those who are free to choose their own path."
Princess Anne
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"I envy the freedom to fail, to learn, to become."
Princess Anne
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"I could do a lot of things if I wanted to."
Joe Bradley
J
"I've learned that freedom comes with responsibility."
Joe Bradley
J
"Freedom is expensive. I couldn't afford it."
Joe Gillis
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"This is my house. I make the rules here."
Norma Desmond
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"Freedom is doing exactly what you want, when you want it."
Norma Desmond
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"Complete freedom requires complete isolation."
Norma Desmond
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"I have learned that freedom is often a prison of our own making."
Max von Mayerling
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"The greatest freedom is freedom from the need for validation."
Max von Mayerling
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"Fweedom is something you must fwight for."
Elmer Fudd
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Elmer Fudd
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"We belong to nobody. Nobody belongs to us."
Holly Golightly
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"The city is my home."
Holly Golightly
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"I don't want to belong to anybody."
Holly Golightly
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"I need to be free to be myself."
Holly Golightly
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"I have to leave you now. I'm going to that car over there and drive away. I'll go straight into the car. I won't look back and you won't follow me. Just drive away and leave me."
Princess Anne