Freedom Quotes
The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.
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"I declare that the true republic is such wherein there is no man who has authority to compel another to be his slave."Susan B. Anthony
"I declare that woman has been the slave of man."Susan B. Anthony
"I declare that the true republic is such wherein there is no man who has authority to compel another to be his slave."Susan B. Anthony
"By any means necessary"Malcolm X
"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary"Malcolm X
"You can't separate peace from freedom because nobody can be at peace unless he has his freedom"Malcolm X
"Growing up in America is like growing up in a prison"Malcolm X
"We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being"Malcolm X
"The price of freedom is death"Malcolm X
"The black man needs to be unchained mentally"Malcolm X
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free so other people be also free."Rosa Parks
"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free."Rosa Parks
"I would like to be free to walk the earth in dignity."Rosa Parks
"My goal was to be free and treated fairly."Rosa Parks
"A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi has exactly the same rights as a white child born to the President of the United States."Thurgood Marshall
"A man can't ride your back unless it's bent."Thurgood Marshall
"Freedom is never given; it is won."Thurgood Marshall
"I believe that we must do more than just talk about freedom. We must live it."Thurgood Marshall
"We must build a nation where no person is judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."Thurgood Marshall
"The Constitution's promise of equal protection must mean something."Thurgood Marshall
"The Constitution belongs to all of us, not just to the privileged few."Thurgood Marshall
"I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."Frederick Douglass
"I am my own master."Frederick Douglass
"The slave is a person who is compelled to work without wages, stripped of rights, and denied opportunities for education."Frederick Douglass
"What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?"Frederick Douglass
"A slave cannot breathe in England if his master brings him there."Frederick Douglass
"I had reasoned this out in my mind; there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death."Frederick Douglass
"Every tone of the drums beats for freedom."Frederick Douglass
"I have as much right to the use of my own legs as any other man."Frederick Douglass
"The mind refuses to be imprisoned."Frederick Douglass