Quotes about Freedom

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."

"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."

"'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded."

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."

"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."

"A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."

"We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun."

"Freedom is not enough."

"If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

"We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail."

"I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free."

"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."

"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. -Jean"

"There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better."

"There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free."

"Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces."

"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. -John Dalberg"

"Freedom lies in being bold."

"Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself."

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

"A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life."

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom."

"Responsibility is the price of freedom."

"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility."