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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"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos."Hannibal Barca
"True freedom is the freedom to do what is right, not what we desire."William Sloane Coffin
"The chains of oppression are strongest when people believe they cannot be broken."César Chávez
"Freedom is found not in doing whatever you want, but in becoming who you're meant to be."Rob Bell
"Forgiveness is not about absolving the other person; it is about liberating yourself."Barbara Brown Taylor
"The more thou hast, the more thou art occupied. The fewer thou hast, the more free thou art."Alexander the Great
"The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people just as little."Sun Tzu
"I believe in the so-called 'secular society' of which some people are afraid."William Sloane Coffin
"In the final analysis, we are not bound by the chains of our circumstances."William Sloane Coffin
"The price of freedom is eternal responsibility."William Sloane Coffin
"You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore."César Chávez
"We are not asking for charity, we are demanding our rights."César Chávez
"We cannot rest until all people are free from exploitation and oppression."César Chávez
"The oppressed have the right to resist their oppression through peaceful means."César Chávez
"Freedom is never free; it requires constant vigilance and sacrifice."Tony Campolo
"True freedom comes from understanding that you're not separate from the sacred."Rob Bell
"In the final analysis we are not imprisoned by the bars which surround us; we are imprisoned by the bars we accept."William Sloane Coffin
"Loyalty to a petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human being."William Sloane Coffin
"Freedom is not the absence of limits but the ability to choose them."Barbara Brown Taylor
"Freedom is found not in escape but in engagement with what is real."Barbara Brown Taylor
"Better to die on your feet than live on your knees."Alexander the Great
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven, if one's conscience demands it."Alexander the Great
"The path to freedom is through surrender."Richard Rohr
"Forgiveness is the pathway to personal freedom."Tony Campolo
"Freedom is not the absence of constraints but the choice of conscience."Tony Campolo
"I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."César Chávez
"I am not bound by the conscience of others."César Chávez
"The oppressed must become the authors of their own liberation."César Chávez
"True freedom is found not in consuming more, but in needing less."Shane Claiborne
"True freedom comes from understanding what we're actually enslaved to."Rob Bell