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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"I want to be a boy."
Jo March
O
"Rebellion against the tyrants of the human race"
Old Major
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"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it."
Huckleberry Finn
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"I never felt easy till the raft was far away down the river."
Huckleberry Finn
T
"School's out, and you don't have to attend anymore."
Tom Sawyer
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"Being civilized is too restrictive for an active mind."
Huckleberry Finn
H
"We was always naked, day and night, whenever the mosquitoes would let us."
Huckleberry Finn
V
"We must face our demons to be free."
Van Helsing
O
"The purpose of our life is to be free."
Old Major
O
"Rebellion against tyranny is justified."
Old Major
J
"I wish I could be a boy; then I shouldn't have to wear clothes and go to nice parties."
Jo March
J
"The island is good."
Jack Merridew
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"Dance, dance, dance."
Jack Merridew
J
"I wish I could be a boy; then I shouldn't have to wear ilka constricting things, and I could do whatever I liked."
Jo March
H
"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me"
Huckleberry Finn
H
"We said there was no home like a raft, after all"
Huckleberry Finn
J
"I don't care what anybody says, I ain't going to own anybody no more"
Jim
H
"The Widow made me wear shoes, which ill fitted me"
Huckleberry Finn
O
"No animal shall sleep in a bed."
Old Major
A
"I was finally free."
Amir
J
"Forgiveness is the only way to break the cycle of hatred."
Jean Valjean
M
"We are pledged to set the world free."
Mina Murray
J
"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."
Jo March
J
"I'd rather be a boy; and it's worse than ever now, for I'm mad at having to wear long skirts."
Jo March
J
"I want to be a boy; it's bad enough to be a girl, anyway."
Jo March
O
"Man is the only real enemy we have"
Old Major
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"Freedom is not always found in grand gestures, but in small moments of resistance."
Laila
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"Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland"
Old Major
J
"I wish I were a boy; then I shouldn't have to wear these horrid things."
Jo March
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"I am bound to this earth by chains of my own making"
Count Dracula