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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"A nation that depends on others for its identity will never be truly free."
Julius Nyerere
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"The freedom to speak is meaningless without the freedom to think."
Julius Nyerere
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"The forces of colonialism are not yet expunged. In many places they still hold sway over the political and economic life of our people."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"I prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility."
Kwame Nkrumah
K
"Independence means nothing if our people remain economically dependent."
Kwame Nkrumah
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"True internationalism begins at home"
Leon Trotsky
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"Freedom is not given; it is taken"
Leon Trotsky
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"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Fidel Castro
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"Freedom requires constant defense against tyranny."
Fidel Castro
"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves."
Che Guevara
"I have lived as a free man. The only thing that worries me is death."
Che Guevara
"Every day man has to decide if he will live as a man or as a slave."
Che Guevara
"We are not looking for crumbs from your table, we are seeking to be free."
Che Guevara
"We seek not power, but the liberation of all people from oppression."
Che Guevara
"To be free is to accept responsibility for one's freedom."
Che Guevara
"Freedom is not given; it must be taken by those who desire it."
Ho Chi Minh
"Independence is the birthright of every nation and person."
Ho Chi Minh
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"Letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy."
Mao Zedong
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"The Chinese people have stood up."
Mao Zedong
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"The people must learn to govern themselves."
Mao Zedong
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"Freedom is so precious that it must be rationed."
Vladimir Lenin
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"The press in the Soviet Union is free because it is freed from the fetters of capitalism."
Vladimir Lenin
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"No amount of political freedom will satisfy a hungry people."
Vladimir Lenin
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"The working class holds the key to liberation."
Vladimir Lenin
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"In the Soviet Union, it is forbidden to forbid."
Joseph Stalin
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"We are masters of our own fate."
Joseph Stalin
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"No amount of political freedom will satisfy a hungry man."
Joseph Stalin
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"We stand for the independence of all nations."
Joseph Stalin
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"I prefer to die standing than to live kneeling."
Fidel Castro
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"The permanent revolution means that the liberation of one nation cannot be separated from the liberation of all."
Leon Trotsky