Freedom Quotes

"We will never be free until we are free in our minds."

"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."

"Freedom means taking responsibility for yourself."

"I choose life and freedom."

"We believe that Black people should defend themselves against racial aggression by any means necessary."

"We are not going to beg the white man for our freedom. We are going to take it."

"We will not be silenced or suppressed in our pursuit of freedom."

"Freedom is not given; it is taken by those who fight for it."

"Our struggle is for the liberation of all humanity."

"We stand for the right of self-determination for all peoples."

"To ignore the particular plight of black women is to deny a fundamental reality."

"Identity work is liberation work."

"Our liberation is bound together."

"We have nothing to lose but our chains, and we have a world to win."

"We are not going to beg the white man for anything we deserve. We are going to take it."

"The white man made the world; let him keep it."

"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."

"Woman's freedom is the freedom to become who you truly are."

"Real freedom is the ability to be a human being."

"What a woman must do is nothing."

"One must be willing to lose everything to gain freedom."

"Self-determination means we decide our own destiny."

"We will not wait for permission to be free."

"Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human."

"Freedom means the ability to define yourself."

"Freedom is not given; it is taken."

"Consciousness is the first step toward freedom."

"We have to talk about liberating minds as much as liberating society."

"I have learned that in this country we must take our freedom with our own hands."

"The struggle for freedom is the struggle for our humanity."