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
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos."
Mark Hopkins
M
"True freedom is found in the discipline of excellence."
Mark Hopkins
M
"The educated mind is the free mind."
Mark Hopkins
M
"To live authentically is to live free."
Mark Hopkins
J
"The future is not predetermined; it is seized by those bold enough to claim it."
James Fisk
L
"I believe that every person has the right to develop their abilities to their fullest."
Leland Stanford
J
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
John Jacob Astor
J
"The only limits in life are the ones you accept."
John Jacob Astor
W
"Freedom is not the absence of responsibility, but its fullest expression."
William Astor
W
"The greatest gift is the freedom to choose."
William Astor
W
"Freedom without responsibility breeds chaos."
William Astor
S
"The greatest fortune is the freedom to act according to your conscience."
Stephen Girard
W
"Freedom without responsibility is merely the freedom to destroy."
William K. Vanderbilt
W
"Freedom is the right to choose, not the right to harm."
William K. Vanderbilt
M
"Freedom is not the right to do as we please, but the responsibility to choose rightly."
Mark Hopkins
M
"Freedom is the heavy crown we wear; its weight increases with responsibility."
Mark Hopkins
W
"Freedom is the luxury of those who understand its cost."
William Astor
L
"The educated mind is the free mind."
Leland Stanford
L
"An educated populace is the best safeguard of freedom."
Leland Stanford
J
"The greatest wealth is the freedom to do what you want, when you want."
John Jacob Astor
S
"Freedom without education is merely chaos with a different name."
Stephen Girard
S
"A man who cannot read is a prisoner of his circumstances."
Stephen Girard
S
"The greatest freedom is freedom from the tyranny of want."
Stephen Girard
W
"The railroad connects not just places, but people and opportunities."
William K. Vanderbilt
"The public has no right to know what I do with my money."
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
"I believe in democracy and free enterprise."
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
M
"Freedom is the responsibility to choose well."
Mark Hopkins
M
"Freedom demands that we exercise it responsibly."
Mark Hopkins
W
"The greatest freedom is freedom from the need to prove ourselves."
William Astor
W
"The freedom to fail is the freedom to succeed."
William Astor