--- title: "9 Generation Free Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 9 Generation Free quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Generation Free sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/jo-swinson-5642_champion_we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean_152458.jpg" --- > [We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-swinson/we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean-the-next-generation-is-less/) [Jo Swinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-swinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/jo-swinson-5642_champion_we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean_152458.jpg) > [Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/every-age-and-generation-must-be-as-free-to-act-for-itself/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/thomas-paine-267_age_every-age-and-generation-must-be-as-free_1300911.png) > [There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/there-will-never-be-a-generation-of-great-men-until-there-has-been-a-2/) [Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/robert-green-ingersoll-361_feminism_there-will-never-be-a-generation-of-grea_1315486.png) > [There will never be a generation of great men until there has been a generation of free women - of free mothers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/there-will-never-be-a-generation-of-great-men-until-there-has-been-a/) [Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/robert-green-ingersoll-361_equality_there-will-never-be-a-generation-of-grea_805739.png) > [No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/no-generation-has-a-free-hold-on-this-earth-all-we-have-is-a-life/) [Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/margaret-thatcher-463_conservative_no-generation-has-a-free-hold-on-this-ea_765721.jpg) > [Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/every-age-and-generation-must-be-as-free-to-act-for-itself-in-all/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/thomas-paine-267_age_every-age-and-generation-must-be-as-free_1598486.jpg) > [If the present generation, or any other, are disposed to be slaves, it does not lessen the right of the succeeding generation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/if-the-present-generation-or-any-other-are-disposed-to-be-slaves-it/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/thomas-paine-267_be-a-slave_if-the-present-generation-or-any-other-a_430178.jpg) > [There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/there-never-did-there-never-will-and-there-never-can-exist-a-2/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/thomas-paine-267_age_there-never-did-there-never-will-and-the_823025.jpg) > [“(To the newly graduated) There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-the-newly-graduated-there-never-did-there-never-will-and-there/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/thomas-paine-267_end-of-time_to-the-newly-graduated-there-never-did-t_1039197.png) ## Top authors on Generation Free - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generation-free/thomas-paine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/generation-free/#itemlist", "name": "Generation Free Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jo Swinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-swinson/we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean-the-next-generation-is-less/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/jo-swinson-5642_champion_we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean_152458.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/jo-swinson-5642_champion_we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean_152458.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/jo-swinson-5642_champion_we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean_152458.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We champion freedom - 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