Freedom Quotes

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

28646 quotes

M
"Authority hates criticism because it can't answer with force."
Mike Royko
M
"The worst prison is a job you hate and a home you dread."
Mike Royko
W
"I believe in democracy."
Walter Mondale
W
"Freedom requires eternal vigilance."
Walter Mondale
W
"Democracy is worth defending."
Walter Mondale
W
"We must protect our freedoms."
Walter Mondale
R
"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."
Russell Baker
"By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go."
Lao Tzu
"The more you have, the more you are occupied; the less you have, the more free you are."
Lao Tzu
"To be free from desire is to have what you desire."
Lao Tzu
B
"Democracy only works when citizens are engaged and informed."
Bill Moyers
B
"Freedom demands eternal vigilance."
Bill Moyers
M
"Freedom isn't given—it's taken by those brave enough to demand it."
Mike Royko
W
"Freedom requires constant vigilance and participation."
Walter Mondale
W
"Freedom means nothing without responsibility."
Walter Mondale
W
"Freedom is built on the foundation of equality."
Walter Mondale
J
"Freedom means having choices, even when the choices are hard."
Jimmy Breslin
F
"We are given life, and we have to make a choice what to do with that life."
Fred Rogers
S
"A free press is the immune system of democracy."
Scott Pelley
S
"Responsibility and freedom are two sides of the same coin."
Scott Pelley
S
"Freedom without responsibility leads to chaos."
Scott Pelley
R
"The freedom to speak means little without the wisdom to know when silence is golden."
Russell Baker
R
"Freedom without responsibility is anarchy; responsibility without freedom is slavery."
Russell Baker
B
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Bill Moyers
B
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Bill Moyers
B
"The voice of conscience is the voice of freedom."
Bill Moyers
A
"The greatest freedom is authenticity."
Andy Rooney
M
"The power of the press is great, but not so great as the power of the suppress."
Mike Royko
M
"Freedom means the right to make your own mistakes."
Mike Royko
F
"Real freedom is the ability to be yourself without fear of judgment."
Fred Rogers