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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"Freedom is only real when you're willing to live with its consequences."Joseph Heller
"Restraint and freedom are interdependent."Philip Roth
"The most liberating thing is to admit what you truly want."Philip Roth
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to obtain the necessities of life, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Norman Mailer
"The greatest danger to freedom is not tyranny but comfort."Norman Mailer
"The more you have the more you are occupied. The less you have the more free you are."William S. Burroughs
"Censorship like charity should begin at home."William S. Burroughs
"Your body is not your own."William S. Burroughs
"The sexual revolution has not happened yet."William S. Burroughs
"Nothing is true; everything is permitted."William S. Burroughs
"I don't believe in artificial limits."William S. Burroughs
"I would rather be a bird than a fish."William S. Burroughs
"The great enemy of freedom is ignorance."William S. Burroughs
"Every man has the right to err."William S. Burroughs
"I cannot endorse anyone who suggests control."William S. Burroughs
"I want to be known as the most sexual man in America"Allen Ginsberg
"The most beautiful thing in the world is the freedom of the mind"Allen Ginsberg
"Freedom is the ultimate goal"Allen Ginsberg
"I wanted all things to be true and all things to be permitted."Kurt Vonnegut
"How nice to be able to give myself permission to do things."Kurt Vonnegut
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live."Jack Kerouac
"The smell of human dust and chains."Jack Kerouac
"I want to die on the road."Jack Kerouac
"I had just come back from sea and I was ready to go anywhere."Jack Kerouac
"Freedom lies in being bold."Jack Kerouac
"I felt free to roam anywhere I wanted."Jack Kerouac
"All is permitted."Jack Kerouac
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of it is a form of rebellion."Joseph Heller
"Freedom is the burden we must all bear."Joseph Heller
"Writing is about freedom."William S. Burroughs