Motivational Quotes

Freedom

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

- Washington, George

Best Quotes about Freedom

You can only be free if I am free.

Darrow, Clarence

Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made fit to love, courageous to suffer, steady to persevere.

Kempis, Thomas

In the light of his vision he has found his freedom: his thoughts are peace, his words are peace and his work is peace.

Dhammapada

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.

Ruskin, John

Liberty is the right to choose, freedom is the result of that choice.

Freedom -- to walk free and own no superior.

Whitman, Walt

He who dares not (reason), is a slave.

Drummond, William

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.

Johnson, Lady Bird

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Eliot, T. S.

10.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Adams, John

11.

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

Maugham, W. Somerset

12.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

George, David Lloyd

13.

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

14.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Bevan, Aneurin

15.

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 longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

16.

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

Epictetus

17.

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

Pike, Albert

18.

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.

19.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

Adler, Mortimer J.

20.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Malcolm X

21.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Washington, George

22.

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

23.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

24.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

May, Rollo

25.

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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

26.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

Terence

27.

Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

Stone, I. F.

28.

Bondage is... subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.

Stone, W. Clement

29.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

Kelly, Grace (Patricia)

30.

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

Voltaire

31.

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

32.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

33.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

King Jr. Martin Luther

34.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

Mckern, Leo

35.

Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals; for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives; and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.

Cervantes, Miguel De

36.

There's only one free person in this society, and he is white and male.

Scott, Hazel

37.

We are free to yield to truth.

Horace

38.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.

Kierkegaard, S°ren

39.

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

Ewer, W. N.

40.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

Buck, Pearl S.

41.

So free we seem, so fettered we are!

Browning, Robert

42.

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

Lumsden, Marshall

43.

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

Morgan, Robin

44.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

Dass, Ram

45.

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

46.

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

Malcolm X

47.

Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity to choose between different sorts of bondage, bondage to desire or self esteem, or bondage to the light that lightens all our olives.

Madhava, Sri

48.

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

Madonna

49.

The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.

Aurobindo, Ghose

50.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

Persius