Freedom Quotes

"Freedom is a privilege, not a right, and must be earned through sacrifice."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"Some people's idea of free speech is that they are free to speak, but if I speak, that must be shut up."

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely."

"Necessitous men are not free men."

"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms."

"Great dangers can be overcome by the people themselves when they are free to act."

"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people."

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."

"We stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair."

"Liberty requires opportunity to make a living."

"The intellectual must never surrender their independence to power."

"The scope of freedom should be measured by the responsibility one bears."

"Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being"

"Victory means nothing unless it brings freedom."

"Freedom is the recognition of necessity."

"The press is the enemy of the truth; it must be controlled."

"Freedom is the exception; obedience is the rule."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

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

"You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."

"The moment there is in any assembly a man who will not suffer, we know that assembly will be free."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"It is our duty to defend our way of life."

"We shall defend our home, whatever the cost may be."

"Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

"The Negro will only be free when he reaches down to the inner depths of his own being."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor."