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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"The imagination is where freedom lives."Seamus Heaney
"The mind is free even when the body rebels against you."Christy Brown
"My disability did not write my story; my choices did."Christy Brown
"Freedom is the right to define yourself on your own terms."Christy Brown
"The greatest thing about being a writer is the freedom to explore human nature."Frank O'Connor
"Freedom is the responsibility to live authentically."Frank O'Connor
"Freedom is not the absence of constraints but the choice to transcend them."Seán Ó Faoláin
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos."Seán Ó Faoláin
"Freedom is the most precious gift humanity can possess."Sean O'Casey
"Freedom requires responsibility from those who possess it."Sean O'Casey
"Freedom begins where fear ends."Patrick Kavanagh
"You'll notice that I'm not giving you my schedule for the future."Douglas Coupland
"Freedom is something you have to fight for."Douglas Coupland
"We make our own meanings through the words we choose."Seamus Heaney
"We are all prisoners of language, but language is also our freedom."Seamus Heaney
"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live at random."Brendan Behan
"I would like to thank the British government for letting me out."Brendan Behan
"Freedom of expression is the writer's greatest gift and greatest burden."Frank O'Connor
"Every word I write is a small victory against the silence imposed upon me."Christy Brown
"Freedom is not given; it is claimed through the power of your own voice."Christy Brown
"Freedom is not free; it must be guarded and cherished."Sean O'Casey
"We are defined not by our circumstances but by our choices."Frank O'Connor
"The paradox of freedom is that it requires responsibility."Frank O'Connor
"Freedom is responsibility; choose wisely."Frank O'Connor
"My disability does not define me; my determination does."Christy Brown
"Freedom is not the absence of constraint but the presence of meaningful choice."Seán Ó Faoláin
"A society is only as free as its most vulnerable members."Seán Ó Faoláin
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a form of oppression."Douglas Coupland
"Freedom is the burden of choosing who you want to become every single day."Douglas Coupland
"The straight life is not for the likes of us."Brendan Behan