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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"Every individual has a right to make themselves ridiculous if they see fit."
Sinclair Lewis
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"We are not free unless we are free from want, free from fear, and free to pursue happiness as we understand it."
Sinclair Lewis
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Sinclair Lewis
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Ernest Hemingway
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"The freedom to write is worth any personal cost."
Ernest Hemingway
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"There is something about the American spirit that refuses to accept limitation."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the presence of meaningful choice."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Freedom is an illusion we convince ourselves we possess."
Theodore Dreiser
"The greatest freedom is the freedom to be oneself, yet this is the rarest gift."
Theodore Dreiser
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"The right to be unhappy is essential."
Edith Wharton
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"The greatest value of a man is in his independence of spirit."
Edith Wharton
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"Consciousness is the only prison."
Edith Wharton
"The question is not whether slavery is wrong, but whether we have the courage to act on our convictions."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible-reading people."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Liberty is not achieved by conquest, but by moral force."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"I would give all the wealth that ever was to see slavery erased from the face of the earth."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"The greatest inheritance is freedom."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."
Sinclair Lewis
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"The paradox of freedom is that absolute freedom leads to chaos."
Sinclair Lewis
"The land belongs to whoever understands it best and loves it most."
Willa Cather
"We have to believe in free will. We've got no choice."
Willa Cather
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Ernest Hemingway
"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."
Louisa May Alcott
"I love my freedom more than I fear loneliness."
Louisa May Alcott
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"The test of a good life is freedom."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Freedom is an ideal we pursue but rarely achieve or maintain."
Theodore Dreiser
"When you feel a man's collar around your neck choking you, you know what slavery is."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"What is the use of trying to get rid of slavery by colonization?"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"Freedom is the luxury of not knowing what others think."
Edith Wharton