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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"The weight of responsibility is the price of freedom."
Moses
"The freedom of others is inseparable from your own."
Moses
L
"There are no obscene thoughts, only obscene little words."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Selling pot should be no different than selling alcohol."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Freedom is the ability to expose yourself to the other side."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The difference between me and you is that I'm free."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Psychedelics are not for everyone, but they're especially not for earmuffs."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Comedy should be about breaking taboos."
Lenny Bruce
L
"If you're not free to offend people, you're not free."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The only way to win is to refuse to play the game."
Lenny Bruce
L
"I would rather be a rebel than a slave."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Lenny Bruce
A
"Stop waiting for permission to live your life."
Amy Poehler
A
"You have permission to change your mind."
Amy Poehler
B
"Self-discipline is the beginning of freedom."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
B
"The cause of suffering is greed; freedom comes through simplicity."
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
R
"When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose."
Richard Pryor
A
"The minute you start caring about what people think, you're dead."
Amy Poehler
A
"I think what's important is for women to be able to make choices."
Amy Poehler
Z
"Freedom is not the absence of constraint, but mastery over one's own nature."
Zoroaster
Z
"The oppressed rise when they discover their inner light."
Zoroaster
T
"You don't need anyone's permission to chase your dreams."
Tina Fey
L
"Censorship is the message that says this is too dangerous to think."
Lenny Bruce
L
"I've always been a big supporter of freedom - absolute freedom."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Freedom is laughing at things that aren't funny."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The real issue is free speech, not decency."
Lenny Bruce
L
"The first amendment is not about nice speech."
Lenny Bruce
L
"True freedom is saying what everyone thinks but no one says."
Lenny Bruce
L
"Every taboo is an opportunity for truth."
Lenny Bruce