Motivational Quotes

Freedom

Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

- Horace

Best Quotes about Freedom

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Hoover, Herbert Clark

All we have of freedom -- all we use or know -- this our fathers bought for us, long and long ago.

Kipling, Rudyard

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Lincoln, Abraham

If we catch a glimpse of freedom, we wish to possess it; if we catch a glimpse of death, we want nothing to do with it. One we cannot have, the other we cannot avoid.

Johnson, Jeremy P.

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Baruch, Bernard M.

It is our belief that if people are set free to express themselves to the fullest, their accomplishments will be far beyond their dreams, and they will not only contribute to the growth of the company, but will also be more useful citizens and contribute to the society at large.

Blount, Wilton M.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

Madonna

Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of this standard demands of everyone who loves this country a hard look at himself, for the greatest achievements must begin somewhere, and they always begin with the person. If we are not capable of this examination, we may yet become one of the most distinguished and monumental failures in the history of nations.

Baldwin, James

Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.

Clinton, Bill

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So free we seem, so fettered we are!

Browning, Robert

11.

We must determine whether we really want freedom -- whether we are willing to dare the perils of... rebirth... For we never take a step forward without surrendering something that we may have held dear, without dying to that which has been.

Hanson, Virginia

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Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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It is quite possible for someone to choose incorrectly or to judge badly; but freedom must allow such mistakes.

Sang Kyu Shin

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Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Pericles

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Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

Albert Einstein

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There is no liberation without labor... and there is no freedom which is free.

Sahib, The Siri Singh

17.

You can only be free if I am free.

Darrow, Clarence

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At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.

Lumsden, Marshall

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I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.

Ewer, W. N.

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A forest bird never wants a cage.

Ibsen, Henrik

21.

Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.

Stevenson, Adlai E.

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Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.

Patricia Sampson

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Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.

Malcolm X

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Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.

Horace

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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

Kennedy, Robert F.

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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Reagan, Ronald

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The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.

Malcolm X

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Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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If you're not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary.

Malcolm X

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A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

Pascal, Blaise

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Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

Chomsky, Noam

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Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth is given, God will force no man to heaven. He'll call, persuade, direct aright, Bless with wisdom, love, and light; In nameless ways be good and kind, But never force the human mind.

Clegg, William C.

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Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

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They want to be free and they do not know how to be just.

Sieyes, Abbe

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The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.

Hegel, Georg

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The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they will grant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another's state of consciousness.

Twitchell, Paul

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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Herbert, Frank

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I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.

Malcolm X

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When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

Levenson, Samuel

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Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.

Brown, Norman O.

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The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

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None can love freedom heartily, but good men... the rest love not freedom, but license.

Milton, John

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I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

Orwell, George

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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.

Horace

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Freedom -- to walk free and own no superior.

Whitman, Walt

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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.