Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

28646 quotes

A
"It is forbidden to forbid."
Aristotle
P
"Necessity may be the plea for every infringement of human freedom."
Plato
P
"Excessive desires are born of excessive freedoms."
Plato
"A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs."
Epicurus
"He who least fears death is the freest man alive."
Epicurus
"To win freedom man must retain the power to walk away from many things."
Epicurus
"The greatest pleasure arises from freedom—freedom from fear and desire."
Epicurus
"The man who fears poverty more than he loves freedom is already enslaved."
Epicurus
F
"Freedom is just another word for nobody listening to you anyway."
Frank Jr.
F
"Freedom is choosing your own cage."
Frank Jr.
R
"I'm flying, Jack!"
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"I belonged to another world entirely."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"He gave me a choice."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"I had to live my own life."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"I was drowning in society."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"I made my choice long ago."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
R
"I was born to wealth but died with nothing."
Rose DeWitt Bukater
E
"Arwen has chosen the path of immortality, and we must respect her choice."
Elrond
E
"Freedom is a treasure bought with great sacrifice."
Elrond
S
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Socrates
S
"Fate is for those who believe in fate."
Socrates
S
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Socrates
R
"I have this dream about being free to go where I want and discover who I really am."
Rapunzel
R
"I can do whatever I want now."
Rapunzel
R
"I'm finally free to be myself."
Rapunzel
H
"Freedom requires responsibility from each of us."
Hermione Granger
B
"We are all prisoners of our own making."
Boromir
B
"Freedom is the right of all living things."
Boromir
M
"Freedom means having the choice to be yourself."
Mary Richards Moore
M
"Freedom is the right to be yourself without apology."
Mary Richards Moore