Freedom Quotes

"The mind's freedom is the only freedom that truly matters."

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance."

"I did not invent the printing press; I merely liberated the word."

"The printed word is democracy's truest friend and tyranny's greatest fear."

"To live without pretense is to live in freedom."

"The tyranny of custom oppresses more souls than chains ever could."

"Freedom without responsibility is tyranny of the individual."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's being driven into the street, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"We should reserve the right to think, even if we surrender the right to speak."

"The greatest chains are those we forge in our own minds."

"In creation, we find the deepest form of freedom."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to cover one's nakedness."

"The soul cannot be free when bound by the chains of prejudice."

"I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."

"Freedom begins when we question what we are told."

"Freedom is the right to be wrong about the truth."

"Movable type is not merely metal and ink; it is the democratization of truth."

"Type arranged in rows is democracy arranged in thought."

"The greatest gift of printing is the ability to disagree in print."

"The greatest innovation is not the press, but the permission it gives to think aloud."

"Liberty is precious only when it serves the common good and not private ambition."

"Those who sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither."

"The soul cannot be truly free while the body is enslaved."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"No one is free who is not master of himself."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being cast into prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"Freedom is not the absence of constraints but the acceptance of one's humanity."

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"Reserve the right to think, for even to have the wrong thought is better than not to think at all."