Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

28646 quotes

"I am going to keep on working for a world in which all people are free."
Sojourner Truth
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
"The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us."
Benjamin Franklin
"The worst slavery is selling yourself for a wage."
Benjamin Franklin
"Where liberty is, there is my country."
Benjamin Franklin
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither."
Benjamin Franklin
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition."
Benjamin Franklin
A
"The sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government is justly considered as finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
Alexander Hamilton
A
"The voice of the people, when united, is the voice of providence itself."
Alexander Hamilton
A
"The security of property rights is essential to the security of liberty."
Alexander Hamilton
A
"Economic freedom and political freedom are inseparable twins."
Alexander Hamilton
A
"The chains that bind a nation are often forged from apathy and indifference."
Alexander Hamilton
A
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and constant sacrifice."
Alexander Hamilton
G
"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty."
George Washington
G
"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
George Washington
G
"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respected stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions."
George Washington
G
"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined."
George Washington
G
"I declare the United States of America is free and independent."
George Washington
G
"The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave."
George Washington
G
"If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, they may be deprived of the right of offering them at all."
George Washington
J
"Slavery will exist until we take action against it."
John Brown
J
"The life of no nation can be worth the price of a man's freedom."
John Brown
J
"All that I have I will give to the cause of freedom."
John Brown
J
"No man has the right to enslave another man."
John Brown
J
"The pursuit of liberty is a sacred duty."
John Brown
J
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
John Brown
J
"The greatest gift we can give is our commitment to freedom."
John Brown
J
"The struggle for freedom is never truly finished."
John Brown
J
"The chains of slavery must be broken by those who have the will to break them."
John Brown
"I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me."
Harriet Tubman