Freedom Quotes

"The establishment of a communist society requires not the extinction of human nature but its liberation."

"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts."

"Liberty, without wisdom, is not safe."

"But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue?"

"Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist."

"Nothing turns out to be so oppressive as a paternal government."

"Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy."

"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance."

"Freedom cannot be given; it must be seized by those who desire it."

"Every moment of silence in the face of injustice is a moment lost to freedom."

"Man is not a free agent in his actions; he is governed by necessity."

"Every law is an evil for every law is an infraction of liberty."

"The tyranny of custom is on the one hand one of the greatest evils."

"It is in the absence of government that the greatest freedom exists."

"The exercise of reason is the exercise of freedom."

"Free time is time available for the free development of individuals."

"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient slave states."

"The realm of freedom begins only when labor determined by necessity ends."

"What I have done is to show that the State is no safeguard for liberty."

"The leap from kingdom of necessity into the kingdom of freedom requires revolutionary change."

"The species-being of man is freedom of thought and action."

"We are not liberated by revealing our secrets, but rather enslaved by the very confession we believe sets us free."

"The question is not how to free ourselves from power, but how to exercise freedom differently within it."

"The great object of my political life has been to maintain the independence and glory of Great Britain."

"A government that fears its people's judgment is a government that has lost its legitimacy."

"The greatest threats to freedom often come wrapped in the language of security."

"The love of freedom is a natural instinct in all men; tyrants must suppress it through force."

"The true test of a democracy is how it treats its minorities and dissenters."

"The real power in a nation lies not with the government, but with the people who consent to be governed."

"A government that does not respect the rights of its citizens is a government that has lost the consent of the governed."