Freedom Quotes

"The state may not treat some citizens as resources for others."

"Individual rights are not derivative from social consequences or welfare."

"Each person's life is their own to live according to their own conception."

"Voluntary exchanges respect the autonomy and rights of all participants."

"The natural rights of individuals are prior to any state organization."

"Individuals have the right to keep and use the fruits of their labor."

"Self-ownership grounds the right to control one's labor and talents."

"Freedom is not freedom from constraint, but freedom to act within constraints."

"The most important aspect of freedom is freedom from fear."

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

"I am my own beginning, my own middle and my own end."

"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."

"Anguish is the price of freedom."

"Responsibility is what we feel when we become aware of our freedom."

"Freedom is the foundation of all values."

"To be free is to be responsible for the world we create."

"We become the kinds of people we are through our choices, but only within constraints we do not choose."

"We are prisoners of language only if we accept the prison as inevitable."

"Freedom consists in the absence of restraint."

"Freedom and responsibility are inseparable concepts."

"Toleration is essential in a diverse democratic society."

"Constitutional democracy aims to protect fundamental liberties for all."

"A liberal society respects the diversity of comprehensive doctrines its citizens hold."

"Basic liberties have priority and cannot be traded off for economic gains."

"A just social system protects the basic liberties of all citizens equally."

"Citizens should see themselves as authors of the laws they obey."

"Political liberalism does not require citizens to abandon their comprehensive doctrines."

"The prioritization of liberties reflects the importance we assign to freedom."

"The capacity for self-determination is fundamental to respecting persons as free."

"A just democratic system respects citizens as moral agents capable of revising their aims."