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 think women often get too caught up in trying to be the 'right kind' of woman."Amy Poehler
"Stop waiting for permission to be yourself."Joan Rivers
"You don't need anyone's permission to be fabulous."Joan Rivers
"Freedom means being able to say what you really think without fear."Richard Pryor
"The only freedom that matters is the freedom to be yourself."Richard Pryor
"I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted to be free."Richard Pryor
"You are your own light. Depend on no one else."Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
"Beware of the person who promises freedom while enslaving you to their method."Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)
"We are all looking for permission to be ourselves; I'm giving you that now."Robin Williams
"People will judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want."Tina Fey
"Freedom comes with the responsibility to use it wisely."Tina Fey
"I think people should be allowed to do anything they want to do, as long as they don't hurt each other."George Carlin
"No one's ever been able to define the word 'free' in any sort of practical operational terms by which we could actually practice freedom."George Carlin
"The illusion is that I could have done something different."George Carlin
"The greatest gift you can give yourself is permission to be yourself."Joan Rivers
"I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to have to explain myself."Dave Chappelle
"The freedom to express yourself is one of the greatest freedoms we have."Dave Chappelle
"Freedom is not free."Dave Chappelle
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a complete lie."Lenny Bruce
"Censorship is the height of moral cowardice."Lenny Bruce
"They're giving my wife a hard time in Pomona for reading from my books in public. She's doing a beautiful thing."Lenny Bruce
"It's the suppression that makes it dirty."Lenny Bruce
"The real sick people are the ones who try to control other people's sexual content."Lenny Bruce
"The moment you put a label on yourself, you limit yourself."Lenny Bruce
"The words you can't say, those are the ones you need to say the most."Lenny Bruce
"The only way to win is to not play their game."Lenny Bruce
"You can't offend me because I don't respect the rules you're trying to enforce."Lenny Bruce
"The real crime is that they won't let me speak."Lenny Bruce
"Freedom comes with a price, and that price is responsibility."Dave Chappelle
"You have to know who you are before you can be free."Richard Pryor