Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment. — Felix Frankfurter
Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. — Eric Hoffer
The dagger plunged in the name of freedom is plunged into the breast of freedom. — Jose Marti
A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble only… — George Santayana
A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation. — Woodrow Wilson
Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies. — D. H. Lawrence
Remember, when you hear them beginning to say "freedom" look carefully-. see who it is they want you to butcher. — Alex Comfort
If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing. — James Boswell
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day
Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth. — Seneca the Younger
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve. — Philip Wylie
Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its… — Robert H. Jackson
The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people. — John Stuart Mill
History teaches the young the virtues of freedom. By apprising them of the past it will enable them to judge the future. — Thomas Jefferson
If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure of humanity. — Robert Kennedy
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul. — Saul Bellow
We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of… — James Madison
I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you… — Thomas Jefferson
The advocate of religious freedom is to expect neither peace nor forgiveness from [the clergy]. — Thomas Jefferson
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the… — Thomas Jefferson
In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object. — Thomas Jefferson
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to… — Samuel Adams
Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its rights. It considers… — Alexis de Tocqueville
[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty of… — Joseph Story

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