Freedom Quotes

"The individual who thinks for herself is inevitably a threat to tyranny."

"The most profound freedom is the freedom to define oneself."

"A person's freedom is inseparable from the freedom of others."

"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 liberation."

"True liberty consists in not being dependent on anything."

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

"I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery."

"Freedom is an awakening to truth."

"The slave has only one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons useful to his fortune."

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

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to stay out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."

"It is forbidden to forbid."

"The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner."

"The only method for dealing with an unfree world is to become so free that one's very existence is an act of rebellion."

"There is but one freedom, that of the mind."

"To be free is to be responsible for yourself and to no one else."

"The greatest rebellion is to live by one's own truth."

"The more we love our country, the more we work for our freedom."

"It is forbidden to forbid—yet order must be kept."

"True liberty consists not in the absence of restraint, but in the right choice of restraint."

"It is easier to make a slave than a free man."

"Women are not made to be the property of men."

"Liberty is the right of enjoying the fruits of one's labour."

"The less free a people is, the more it needs entertainment."

"The human spirit has need of security and liberty above all things."

"Perfect freedom and perfect slavery are equally impossible."

"When liberty is destroyed by arms, it is tyranny."

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."

"Anguish is the dizziness of freedom."

"Every man is condemned to freedom."