Freedom Quotes

"Freedom begins in the mind; all else follows."

"Real freedom begins with what you are willing to surrender."

"Freedom is both a right and a responsibility."

"Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong."

"The greatest freedom is freedom from want."

"I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself."

"Each shall have her own way—the right way—or no way at all."

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American."

"The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people."

"The great majority of mankind is grinding out its existence in a kind of automatism."

"Women in their present position are not free to develop their full humanity."

"A master may enjoy freedom without servility, and a servant without degradation."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to obtain the wherewithal to buy books."

"A man who does not think for himself is not really alive."

"If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are not being anything else."

"To be truly free, one must first understand what binds them."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that you barely exist."

"Freedom requires eternal vigilance against tyranny."

"One cannot live with every moment of existence to account for it."

"The spirit of a woman cannot be confined by society's expectations."

"A woman's desire for independence is not a rebellion but a necessity."

"Society's approval is the price we pay for our own disappearance."

"Freedom demands the willingness to stand apart from the crowd."

"We must learn to live with the consequences of our authenticity."

"The honest examination of desire is the beginning of liberation."

"A life lived for others is a life not fully lived."

"A woman's independence is not a luxury but a necessity."

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

"The highest happiness is individual independence."

"Freedom is not something that is given; it must be taken."