Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

Freedom is the fundamental character of the will, as weight is of matter... That which is free is the will. Will without freedom is an… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority. — Eric Hoffer
People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a… — Eric Hoffer
There can be no freedom without freedom to fail. — Eric Hoffer
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. — Eric Hoffer
The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations. — Eric Hoffer
The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments. — J. G. Holland
To silence criticism is to silence freedom. — Sidney Hook
There is no freedom on earth or in any star for those who deny freedom to others. — Elbert Hubbard
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of… — Thomas Jefferson
I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but… — Thomas Jefferson
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set… — Thomas Jefferson
If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less slaves? If people by a… — Herbert Spencer
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people… — Alan K. Simpson
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks… — Learned Hand
Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway… — Felix Frankfurter
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual… — Mary McCarthy
A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts. — Euripides
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power. — Douglas MacArthur
Freedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision… — Thomas Sowell
The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as… — Louis D. Brandeis
No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they… — Wendell Phillips
The whole drift of our law is toward the absolute prohibition of all ideas that diverge in the slightest form from the accepted platitudes, and… — H. L. Mencken
[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people. — Thomas Jefferson

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