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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"My life is my own, and I will direct it as I see fit."Pi Patel
"I am condemned to be free; therefore I am responsible for everything I do."Jean Valjean
"I ain't a-going to tell all I know"Huckleberry Finn
"My new suit bothers me a little, I reckon I'll wear the old rags"Huckleberry Finn
"I was powerful glad to get away"Huckleberry Finn
"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory"Huckleberry Finn
"I wish I could be a boy."Jo March
"I'd rather be a free woman and paddle my own canoe."Jo March
"I never want to marry and settle down."Jo March
"Better to be another man's slave than your own."Jalil
"We are not free"Benjamin
"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."Jo March
"I wish I could be a boy; then I wouldn't have to wear a corset."Jo March
"We had to escape Afghanistan to survive."Baba
"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God."Old Major
"We will not trade with human farmers."Old Major
"I have no choice in this."Laila
"I am finally free."Laila
"All I wanted was to go somewheres."Huckleberry Finn
"Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy"Old Major
"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
"I was most powerful glad to get away from the widow's."Huckleberry Finn
"I would rather be ignorant than civilized."Huckleberry Finn
"Rebellion!"Old Major
"The freedom of birds is an insult to us."Judge Holden
"If you don't want to go, you don't have to"Tom Sawyer
"We are all prisoners in this place."Mariam
"If anything, she thought, slavery was all that."Sethe
"Consent I never gave."Sethe
"My body was not my own."Sethe