Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again. — Edith Hamilton
Only law can give us freedom. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom and independence of… — Adolf Hitler
Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.... — Erich Fromm
Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits… — Friedrich Ratzel
Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves. — Henry Campbell-Bannerman
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into… — Thurgood Marshall
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally… — Louis D. Brandeis
The free man is not he who defies the rules ... but he who, recognizing the compulsions inherent in his being, seeks rather to read,… — Bernard Iddings Bell
The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love, we begin to move toward… — Bell Hooks
All poets have signalized their consciousness of rare moments when they were superior to themselves, -when a light, a freedom, a power came to them… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the… — Rudy Giuliani
I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness, our own personal… — Martin Sheen
Outside among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion. — Samuel Johnson
The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is freedom from self; the third is intrepid… — Margot Asquith
You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind, and soul. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way. — Guy Finley
Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield. — Hugh Prather
Problems assault us to the degree they preoccupy us. The key to release, rest, and inner freedom is not the elimination of all external difficulties.… — Hugh Prather
From a spiritual perspective, freedom from attachment to a particular outcome is the ultimate expression of liberation. We can choose the actions we take, but… — David Simon
Education is the way to move mountains, to build bridges, to change the world. Education is the path to the future. I believe that education… — Oprah Winfrey
Independence is not a static condition; it is a continuous conquest, and in order to reach not only freedom, but also strength, and the perfecting… — Maria Montessori

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