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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"Swaraj means government of the people by the people for the people."Mahatma Gandhi
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."Mahatma Gandhi
"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take."Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people."Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I had done nothing to merit the loss of my freedom."Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a nation keenly alive to the duty of the government to think for social justice."Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."Martin Luther King Jr.
"Rights given are not rights guaranteed; they must be fought for and defended continually."Martin Luther King Jr.
"Exile teaches you what home truly means."Jorge Edwards
"Every generation must redefine liberty for itself."Jorge Edwards
"The freedom to write is the freedom to think."Jorge Edwards
"In exile, you learn that home is not a place, but a state of mind."Jorge Edwards
"History teaches that freedom is never final."Jorge Edwards
"The more you own, the more it owns you."Kathy Acker
"We must destroy the structures that bind us."Kathy Acker
"Freedom is terrifying and exhilarating."Kathy Acker
"True freedom requires the ability to fail."Kathy Acker
"To be free is to be alone."Kathy Acker
"I refuse to be fixed."Kathy Acker
"This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."Abraham Lincoln
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."Abraham Lincoln
"I think nothing is unconstitutional that protects the liberties of a free people."Abraham Lincoln
"We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."Abraham Lincoln
"Man is condemned to be free"Miguel Ángel Asturias
"Freedom is the space where dreams take flight"Miguel Ángel Asturias
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."Nelson Mandela
"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison."Nelson Mandela
"There is no easy path to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through Valley of the Shadow of Death again and again before we reach the Promised Land."Nelson Mandela
"I would like to be remembered as someone who wanted to be free so that other people be also free."Nelson Mandela