Freedom Quotes

"Tradition binds us but need not imprison us."

"Resistance to hegemony begins with questioning what is assumed to be natural."

"The past does not define the future; only our will to change does."

"Society advances when people refuse to accept what they are told to accept."

"Freedom requires both consciousness and organization."

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will"

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a complete negation of yours"

"We think that freedom is in addition to ourselves, but freedom is within us"

"Thought is freedom in relation to what one does"

"Freedom cannot be purchased; it must be practiced"

"Freedom is so rare that its very existence calls for celebration."

"Despotism tends to expand and liberty tends to contract."

"Freedom requires the elimination of economic exploitation."

"The struggle for freedom never ends."

"Freedom and equality are inseparable."

"The most terrible weapon is the cannon - but the most terrible power is the word of a free man."

"I am truly free only when all human beings around me are equally free."

"Subordination is the root of all slavery."

"Liberty without socialism is privilege and injustice."

"Socialism without liberty is slavery and brutality."

"The individual's freedom is the foundation of all human progress."

"The love of liberty must exceed the love of comfort and safety."

"Human dignity is incompatible with servitude of any kind."

"Tyranny and freedom cannot coexist in the same space."

"The chains of tradition bind us more surely than iron bonds."

"Bureaucracy is the gravedigger of human freedom and initiative."

"Systems of control are doomed because human nature yearns for liberty."

"The individual's will is the only law that should govern."

"I demand the right to think for myself, even if it means standing alone."

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