Freedom Quotes

"Freedom without material security is merely freedom to suffer."

"The freedom to exploit is not freedom but the power to dominate."

"Every law is an infraction of liberty."

"Independence is a state of mind."

"That the governors are trustees and not masters of the people is the essence of freedom."

"Liberty and necessity are perfectly compatible."

"The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom."

"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please."

"Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity."

"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

"Everything that is not forbidden is permitted in the realm of ideas."

"The world will be free when the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

"True freedom comes only through the abolition of class distinctions."

"The problem is not to replace one tyranny with another, but to create freedom collectively."

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way."

"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism."

"Everyone has a right to the pursuit of happiness."

"An individual cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so."

"Liberty consists in doing what one desires."

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"In a state of despotism, there is no room for anything that is not commanded or approved."

"Freedom of thought and individual rights are the guarantees of progress."

"Men should be allowed to discover their talents by freedom of action."

"What is not forbidden must be permitted."

"Liberty means responsibility; that is why most men dread it."

"The British people are as much attached to their freedom and independence as any people in the world."

"Freedom and order are not incompatible; the one is the condition of the other."

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance."

"Freedom is so precious that it must be rationed."