Freedom Quotes

"We do not inherit freedom; we must earn it anew with each generation."

"To live freely is to live dangerously; safety and liberty cannot coexist."

"The voice of dissent is the heartbeat of a living society."

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, not just against enemies without, but within."

"The voice of the voiceless is the most important voice in any democracy."

"Freedom without responsibility devolves into chaos and suffering."

"I have learned that true freedom lies in the mastery of oneself."

"The court is a gilded cage, beautiful but suffocating."

"I was frivolous because frivolity was the only freedom I possessed."

"Freedom is the luxury only the powerless truly understand."

"The tyrant fears the pen more than the sword, for ideas cannot be killed by violence."

"The price of freedom is paid daily in vigilance, not once in revolution."

"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."

"The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought."

"I would rather have a little liberty than a lot of slavery."

"The basis of a democratic state is liberty."

"Age has not lessened my love of Liberty."

"I would rather be a free man than a king in chains."

"The spirit of independence is a noble spirit that should inspire all nations."

"True freedom means the ability to change one's mind."

"To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects the freedom of others."

"The Revolution was a triumph of freedom over tyranny."

"The glory of a free people is to hand down their freedom to their children."

"The most precious of all possessions is the freedom to think and act."

"Every man has the right to think for himself."

"I am convinced that freedom is the natural state of man."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being cast into prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."

"Nature has made man free; laws and institutions have made him a slave."

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."