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title: "110 Freedom Means Quotes by 87 authors"
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> [Security without freedom means slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/security-without-freedom-means-slavery/)

[Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/)

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> [Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/freedom-means-the-supremacy-of-human-rights-everywhere/)

[Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/)

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> [You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-see-money-to-you-means-freedom-to-me-it-means-bondage/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I think most people have no idea about what religious freedom means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/i-think-most-people-have-no-idea-about-what-religious-freedom-means/)

[Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/)

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> [More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-akin/more-freedom-means-more-jobs-less-government-and-less-taxes/)

[Todd Akin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-akin/)

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> [Freedom means more than just struggling to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/freedom-means-more-than-just-struggling-to-survive/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [To me, "sexual freedom" means freedom from having to have sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-tomlin/to-me-sexual-freedom-means-freedom-from-having-to-have-sex/)

[Lily Tomlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-tomlin/)

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> [Maybe freedom means defining yourself any way you want to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-hill-hearth/maybe-freedom-means-defining-yourself-any-way-you-want-to-be/)

[Amy Hill Hearth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-hill-hearth/)

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> [Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-eden/man-should-be-master-of-his-environment-not-its-slave-that-is-what/)

[Anthony Eden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-eden/)

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> [“So can you tell me exactly what 'freedom' means? If I am not free to be as twisted as I wanna be?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/disturbed/so-can-you-tell-me-exactly-what-freedom-means-if-i-am-not-free-to-be/)

[Disturbed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/disturbed/)

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> [“Until you have not been free, you cannot understand what freedom means.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-north/until-you-have-not-been-free-you-cannot-understand-what-freedom-means/)

[Claire North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-north/)

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> [Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/freedom-means-the-u-s-government-not-being-the-main-threat-to/)

[Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/)

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> [“If your freedom means immorality, the cross will cry over your freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-nyarangi-akoya/if-your-freedom-means-immorality-the-cross-will-cry-over-your-freedom/)

[JOEL NYARANGI AKOYA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-nyarangi-akoya/)

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> [Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/freedom-means-the-opportunity-to-be-what-we-never-thought-we-would-be/)

[Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/)

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> [Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-degette/reproductive-freedom-means-economic-freedom-and-that-s-what-this/)

[Diana DeGette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-degette/)

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> [Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/freedom-means-you-are-unobstructed-in-living-your-life-as-you-choose/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-aim-of-all-struggles-for-liberty-is-to-keep-in-bounds-the-armed/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [“The shortest man, codenamed RIMSKY, said to me that freedom means understanding our place within the laws of history; we are more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-t-vollmann/the-shortest-man-codenamed-rimsky-said-to-me-that-freedom-means/)

[William T. Vollmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-t-vollmann/)

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> [It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/it-is-because-freedom-means-the-renunciation-of-direct-control-of/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

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> [Freedom means diversity but also mobility. It preserves the opportunity for today's disadvantaged to become tomorrow's privileged and, in the process, enables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/freedom-means-diversity-but-also-mobility-it-preserves-the/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-horton-cooley/so-far-as-discipline-is-concerned-freedom-means-not-its-absence-but-2/)

[Charles Horton Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-horton-cooley/)

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> [The fifth freedom, the Freedom of Individual Enterprise, is the keystone of the arch on which the other Four Freedoms rest. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-murray-butler/the-fifth-freedom-the-freedom-of-individual-enterprise-is-the/)

[Nicholas Murray Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-murray-butler/)

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> [To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-stallman/to-be-able-to-choose-between-proprietary-software-packages-is-to-be/)

[Richard Stallman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-stallman/)

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> [The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornel-west/the-most-dangerous-thing-in-american-society-is-a-self-respecting-and/)

[Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornel-west/)

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> [“Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere. Here you are an individual, you have a background of your own, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willa-cather/freedom-so-often-means-that-one-isn-t-needed-anywhere-here-you-are-an/)

[Willa Cather](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willa-cather/)

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> [“Freedom in society is gauged by our success in getting what we want and conditioned by status and power, by race, class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabor-mat/freedom-in-society-is-gauged-by-our-success-in-getting-what-we-want/)

[Gabor Maté](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabor-mat/)

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> [ In our country \[US\] equality means your liberal and freedom means you're conservative. That tension is there and it can't be handled… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-george/in-our-country-us-equality-means-your-liberal-and-freedom-means-you/)

[Francis George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-george/)

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> [You don’t know what order with freedom means! You only know what revolt against oppression is! You don’t know that the rod,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-landauer/you-don-t-know-what-order-with-freedom-means-you-only-know-what/)

[Gustav Landauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-landauer/)

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> [What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/what-i-would-like-to-give-my-daughter-is-freedom-and-this-is/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

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> [In the West, there's a myth that freedom means free expression-that to follow all desires wherever they take one is true freedom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/in-the-west-there-s-a-myth-that-freedom-means-free-expression-that-to/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [The industrial and social injustice of our era is the tragic aftermath of democracy's overemphasis on freedom as the "right to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/the-industrial-and-social-injustice-of-our-era-is-the-tragic/)

[Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/)

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> [Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/freedom-means-freedom-from-forces-and-circumstances-which-would-turn/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [“Man versus himself. Man versus machine. Man versus the world. Mankind versus me. The struggles go on, The wisdom I lack, The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/five-iron-frenzy/man-versus-himself-man-versus-machine-man-versus-the-world-mankind/)

[Five Iron Frenzy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/five-iron-frenzy/)

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> [“Erich Fromm in his 1941 book "Escape from Freedom", about the nature of one of our culture’s most cherished values. Fromm argues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheena-iyengar/erich-fromm-in-his-1941-book-escape-from-freedom-about-the-nature-of/)

[Sheena Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheena-iyengar/)

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> [“According to the logic of that old, deluded world, freedom means being at liberty to come and go as we please. Such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-strand/according-to-the-logic-of-that-old-deluded-world-freedom-means-being/)

[Clark Strand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-strand/)

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> [“I think that, generally, people of the world typify a "free and wild" person as someone who's uprooted, detached and uninhibited. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/i-think-that-generally-people-of-the-world-typify-a-free-and-wild/)

[C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/)

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> [We want our children to become who they are- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-millman/we-want-our-children-to-become-who-they-are-and-a-developed-person-is/)

[Gregory Millman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-millman/)

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> [“We march on, though sometimes strange moods fill our children. Our march toward security and peace is the march of freedom—the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-bulosan/we-march-on-though-sometimes-strange-moods-fill-our-children-our/)

[Carlos Bulosan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-bulosan/)

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> [ “\[A\] people needs to understand what freedom is. We Americans are fortunate that the Founders and their generation possessed that understanding. They… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-kirk/a-people-needs-to-understand-what-freedom-is-we-americans-are/)

[Russell Kirk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-kirk/)

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> [“Do we call this the land of the free? What is it to be free from King George and continue the slaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/do-we-call-this-the-land-of-the-free-what-is-it-to-be-free-from-king-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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                        "text": "What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.",
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                        "text": "In the West, there's a myth that freedom means free expression-that to follow all desires wherever they take one is true freedom. In fact, as one serves the mind, one sees that following desires, attractions, and repulsions is not at all freedom, but is a kind of bondage. A mind filled with desires and grasping inevitably entails great suffering. Freedom is not to be gained through the ability to perform certain external actions. True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.",
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                        "text": "The industrial and social injustice of our era is the tragic aftermath of democracy's overemphasis on freedom as the \"right to do whatever you please.\" No, freedom means the right to do what you ought, and ought implies law, and law implies justice, and justice implies God. So too in war, a nation that fights for freedom divorced from justice has no right to war, because it does not know why it wants to be free, or why it wants anyone else to be free.",
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                        "text": "Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.",
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                        "text": "“Man versus himself. Man versus machine. Man versus the world. Mankind versus me. The struggles go on, The wisdom I lack, The burdens keep pilling Up on my back. So hard to breathe, To take the next step. The mountain is high, I wait in the depths. Yearning for grace, And hoping for peace. Dear God... Increase. Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls once again. Jesus Christ, light of the world burning bright within our hearts forever. Freedom means love without condition, without a beginning or an end. Here's my heart, let it be forever Your's, Only You can make every new day seem so new.”",
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                        "text": "“Erich Fromm in his 1941 book \"Escape from Freedom\", about the nature of one of our culture’s most cherished values. Fromm argues that freedom is composed of two complementary parts. A common view of freedom is that it means \"freedom from the political, economic, and spiritual shackles that have bound men,” which defines it as the absence of others forcibly interfering with the pursuit of our goals. In contrast to this “freedom from,” Fromm identifies an alternate sense of freedom as an ability: the “freedom to” attain certain outcomes and realize our full potential. “Freedom from” and “freedom to” don’t always go together, but one must be free in both senses to obtain full benefit from choice. A child may be allowed to have a cookie, but he won’t get it if he can’t reach the cookie jar high on the shelf.”",
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                        "text": "“According to the logic of that old, deluded world, freedom means being at liberty to come and go as we please. Such a definition of freedom is often very useful to an oppressive regime. That is because freedom, if so defined, becomes something that can then be taken away. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi said no when offered his freedom because the offer itself was deluded. His captors, who thought they were free but in reality were the “thought prisoners” of an oppressive government and the victims of a degraded religious culture that had long since capitulated on the matter of basic human rights, therefore had nothing to offer him. He was free already.”",
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                        "text": "“I think that, generally, people of the world typify a \"free and wild\" person as someone who's uprooted, detached and uninhibited. But I don't believe in that kind of freedom. I think that's an infantile concept. Freedom means something when it has escaped something! Those people who escaped things— their inner cages, cages set by others around them— when those people are able to roam free and say, \"This is who I am because this is who I choose to be\", THAT is freedom. Freedom isn't being stupid; freedom is being so smart that you develop a strength strong enough to break free and become your own person. A better person than what your circumstances would like to define you as.”",
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                        "text": "We want our children to become who they are- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define it doesn't mean doing what you want. Freedom means the ability to make choices that are good for you. It is the power to choose to become what you are capable of becoming, to develop your unique potential by making choices that turn possibility into reality. It is the ability to make choices that actualize you. As often as not, maybe more often than not, this kind of freedom means doing what you do not want, doing what is uncomfortable or tiring or boring or annoying",
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                        "text": "“We march on, though sometimes strange moods fill our children. Our march toward security and peace is the march of freedom—the freedom that we should like to become a living part of. It is the dignity of the individual to live in a society of free men, where the spirit of understanding and belief exists; of understanding that all men, whatever their color, race, religion or estate, should be given equal opportunity to serve themselves and each other according to their needs and abilities. But we are not really free unless we use what we produce. So long as the fruit of our labor is denied us, so long will want manifest itself in a world of slaves. It is only when we have plenty to eat—plenty of everything— that we begin to understand what freedom means. To us, freedom is not an intangible thing. When we have enough to eat, then we are healthy enough to enjoy what we eat. Then we have the time and ability to read and think and discuss things. Then we are not merely living but also becoming a creative part of life. It is only then that we become a growing part of democracy.”",
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                        "text": "“[A] people needs to understand what freedom is. We Americans are fortunate that the Founders and their generation possessed that understanding. They knew that freedom, per se, is not enough. They knew that freedom must be limited to be preserved. This paradox is difficult for many students to grasp. Young people generally think freedom means authority figures leaving them alone so they can \"do their own thing.\" That's part of what it means to be free, but true freedom involves much, much more. As understood by our Founders and by the best minds of the young republic, true freedom is always conditioned by morality. John Adams wrote, \"I would define liberty as a power to do as we would be done by.\" In other words, freedom is not the power to do what one can, but what one ought. Duty always accompanies liberty. Tocqueville similarly observed, \"No free communities ever existed without morals.\" The best minds concur: there must be borders: freedom must be limited to be preserved. What kinds of limits are we talking about? * The moral limits of right and wrong, which we did not invent but owe largely to our Judeo-Christian heritage. * Intellectual limits imposed by sound reasoning. Again, we did not invent these but are in debt largely to Greco-Roman civilization, from the pre-Socratic philosophers forward. * Political limits such as the rule of law, inalienable rights, and representative institutions, which we inherited primarily from the British. * Legal limits of the natural and common law, which we also owe to our Western heritage. * Certain social limits, which are extremely important to the survival of freedom. These are the habits of our hearts--good manners, kindness, decency, and willingness to put others first, among other things--which are learned in our homes and places of worship, at school and in team sports, and in other social settings. All these limits complement each other and make a good society possible. But they cannot be taken for granted. It takes intellectual and moral leadership to make the case that such limits are important. Our Founders did that. To an exceptional degree, their words tutored succeeding generations in the ways of liberty. It is to America's everlasting credit that our Founders got freedom right.”",
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                        "text": "“Do we call this the land of the free? What is it to be free from King George and continue the slaves of King Prejudice? What is it to be born free and not to live free? What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom? Is it a freedom to be slaves, or a freedom to be free, of which we boast? We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defences only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free. We tax ourselves unjustly. There is a part of us which is not represented. It is taxation without representation. We quarter troops, we quarter fools and cattle of all sorts upon ourselves. We quarter our gross bodies on our poor souls, till the former eat up all the latter's substance.”",
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