Freedom Quotes

"The path to freedom is paved with sacrifice and courage."

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

"We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being."

"Any time you live in a society where you are not respected, you have a right to resort to any means."

"As long as you are not free, your freedom is an illusion."

"You're either free or you're not. You're either independent or you're not."

"The price of freedom is death."

"Democracy is the best political weapon against tyranny."

"The true function of a vote is to make a man the master of his own destiny."

"Freedom is not a gift that can be given; it must be seized."

"We do not seek to be liked; we seek to be free."

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is love."

"A woman who is truly free fears nothing and bows to no one."

"The struggle for freedom never truly ends."

"To question authority is to think freely."

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free so that other people would be also free."

"The bus situation in Montgomery is a step toward freedom."

"True freedom requires courage and determination."

"The preamble of the Federal Constitution says, 'We, the people'—not we, the white male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union."

"The women of this country have too long rested satisfied in the enjoyment of a sort of nominal freedom."

"The day women stop apologizing for their ambitions is the day they become truly free."

"I say that a woman's place is wherever she chooses to be."

"To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a rich land is the very bottom of hardship."

"The greatest guardians of liberty are and must be the common people themselves."

"The demand is that the color line shall be drawn by the victims of this color line themselves."

"The American Negro has the right to demand recognition as an American."

"We are not asking for charity; we are demanding our rights."

"I would rather be a rebel than a slave."

"I have climbed the steps to freedom because women demanded it."

"I would rather die than live as a second-class citizen."