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 and happiness begin when you understand that you have no right to dictate another's path—only to walk your own."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"A woman should be as free as a man to pursue her own development and happiness."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"It is easy to believe in freedom abroad; it is harder to believe in it at home."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"A woman needs independence like a tree needs roots."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not wish to hear."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"A woman who would break the chains that bind her must first know the weight of those chains."
Kate Chopin
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"To be free is to accept the responsibility that freedom demands."
Kate Chopin
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"Liberty is the birthright of every soul; society's task is not to grant it but to honor it."
Kate Chopin
"Every woman should marry, but no woman should have to."
Fannie Hurst
"Freedom requires responsibility."
Fannie Hurst
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"The ideal of freedom is the ideal of the future."
Upton Sinclair
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"I believe in a world where all people are treated with dignity."
Upton Sinclair
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"Freedom is the ability to choose your own path, not to wander without direction."
O. Henry
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"Freedom is the right to pursue your own happiness."
O. Henry
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"Man cannot go wrong if he follows the sound of his own drum."
Jack London
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"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."
Jack London
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"The greatest gift is the freedom to choose."
Jack London
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom from fear."
Jack London
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"A woman's true place is wherever her abilities and inclinations lead her."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The chains that bind us are often of our own forging."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"To be truly free, one must first free oneself from the opinions of others."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The greatest gift is the freedom to be oneself."
Mary Wilkins Freeman
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"The economic independence of women is the basis of everything."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The time has come when women must be recognized as human beings first."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The home should be a place of growth, not a prison."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Human dignity requires the freedom to make one's own choices."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Freedom is the responsibility to make meaningful choices."
Booth Tarkington
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"Freedom requires responsibility at every turn."
Booth Tarkington
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"The greatest threat to our freedom comes not from external enemies, but from the indifference of those who benefit from the status quo."
Upton Sinclair
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"The chains that bind us are often of our own making, forged in the furnace of our complacency."
Upton Sinclair