Freedom Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“Suddenly he realised that he had lost also that burden of responsibility which made every action of his life a matter of urgent consequence.…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsible only to himself for the things he did. Freedom! He was his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He could do anything and it would be right, for he had made himself a willing puppet of God’s purpose and in so doing…

— Joe Abercrombie

...whom he had saved from a life of excessive freedom

— Anonymous

“He was beholden to no one, and would never take on trust what others might maintain to be true without himself coming to an…

— Richard Feynman

“And each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom.”

— W.H. Auden

“Man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom…

— Louisa May Alcott

“He was determined to take responsibility but he was just a cog. She’d seen that many times before. It was a belief often borne…

— Denise Mina

This was his world, he said to himself, the sad, oppressive world that God had provided for him, and he was responsible to it.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.”

— Friedrich von Schiller