Freedom Quotes

"To be honest is to be free."

"The freedom of the individual must be balanced with the good of society."

"Freedom is the birthright of all thinking beings."

"Freedom is the foundation of all human excellence."

"The chains of slavery are forged by ignorance."

"Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue."

"I declare to you that female virtues are not absolutely necessary to women's safety, or to social order."

"I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real or usurped, extends not over me."

"A woman who has a husband and a master will never be independent."

"The education of women should be entirely within their own hands, or they will never be truly free."

"Mankind will be free when women are free, for until then, half of humanity is enslaved."

"Dependence is the great misery of human life."

"Woman is a stranger in the world—she needs to learn her place and her power."

"A woman who marries for money or security marries her jailer."

"To be free is to be virtuous, and to be virtuous is to be free."

"Liberty is the mother of all the virtues."

"A rational being will not accept subjugation without a struggle."

"A woman's first duty is to herself, not to any man."

"A woman who thinks for herself is a dangerous woman—dangerous to those who would oppress her."

"I have always been of the opinion that women should have the same rights as men."

"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of freedom."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and constant effort."

"The greatest freedom is freedom from the need to be right."

"We are the architects of our own freedom."

"Freedom is not absence of constraint, but alignment with purpose."

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

"I am not fond of the idea that every woman must marry to be respectable."

"The greatest freedom is to be oneself without apology."

"One of the greatest blessings of mankind is liberty."

"All evil comes from man's misuse of his freedom."