Freedom Quotes

"People have legitimate claims over themselves."

"Individual choice should shape social outcomes."

"Forced associations are morally problematic."

"Rights are not mere social conventions."

"Individual rights create strong moral constraints."

"Rights protect us from being used unfairly."

"Enlightenment has always aimed at liberating human beings from fear and establishing their sovereignty."

"The administered world leaves no room for spontaneous action or genuine freedom."

"Language itself becomes a tool of domination when meaning is standardized."

"Real freedom requires the abolition of the exchange principle in all social relations."

"Only by maintaining critical distance can thought remain free."

"The society that guarantees freedom in the abstract may deny it in the concrete."

"The administered world grows ever more total, leaving ever less space for resistance."

"The culture industry provides the illusion of freedom while extending control."

"Action, if it is to be free, must proceed from a firm foundation of general standards of right and wrong."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen."

"Freedom as a political phenomenon means emancipation from the needs of life for entering into the spaciousness of political action."

"The capacity for action is the greatest human freedom."

"True revolution can only come from an authentic experience of freedom."

"The capacity to begin something new is the mark of human freedom."

"We are condemned to be free, even when we try to escape freedom."

"Human freedom requires the possibility of failure."

"Freedom as the basis of equal respect is fundamental to a well-ordered society."

"Citizens in a just society regard themselves as free and equal persons."

"Liberty of conscience is a basic right that cannot be restricted for social utility."

"Political power must be exercised in ways that respect the freedom of all citizens."

"Institutional design should aim to prevent domination and protect individual freedom."

"The worth of liberty lies in what persons can do with their freedom."

"Persons are regarded as free when they are subject only to laws they might accept."