Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it. Albert Einstein
He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Stand for what’s right. Make your life beautiful. Make your life meaningful. Maxime Lagacé
A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom. Malcolm X
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Aung San Suu Kyi
No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free. Buddha
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. Albert Einstein
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. Ayn Rand
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. Albert Camus
Here is my secret: I don’t mind what happens. Jiddu Krishnamurti
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. Virginia Woolf
Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Best Freedom Quotes
Freedom lies in being bold. Robert Frost Click to tweet
I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! Patrick Henry
True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail. Rajneesh
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela
Liberty: One of imagination’s most precious possessions. Ambrose Bierce
I read somewhere… how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong… but to feel strong. Christopher McCandless (Into The Wild movie)
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan
I don’t care whether you’re a top Wall Street banker, if somebody has to tell you when to be at work, what to wear, and how to behave, you’re not a free person. Naval Ravikant
The English did not come to America from a mere love of adventure, nor to truck with or convert the savages, nor to hold offices under the crown, as the French to a great extent did, but to live in earnest and with freedom. Henry David Thoreau
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. Bob Marley Click to tweet
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The freedom from something is not true freedom. The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom I am talking about. My vision of freedom is to be yourself. Rajneesh
We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves. Errico Malatesta
Everything can be taken from a man but… the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Victor Frankl
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. Thomas Jefferson
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. Ralph Waldo Emerson Click to tweet
All the Men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them. Leonard Cohen
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. William Faulkner
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. Jean-Paul Sartre
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. Albert Camus
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free. Thich Nhat Hanh
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be. Thomas Jefferson
It’s beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. It means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society. Jiddu Krishnamurti
If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves. Frederick Douglass
What is freedom?
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. Marcus Tullius Cicero Click to tweet
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. Mortimer Adler
Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. Jeffrey Borenstein
Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature. Benjamin Franklin
Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom – to walk free and own no superior. Walt Whitman
See also: What Is Freedom? by Chris Guillebeau, The Art Of Non-Confirmity (chrisguillebeau.com)
Part 2. Freedom Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Freedom Quotes (Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Obama, etc.)
My liberty depends on you being free, too. Barack Obama Click to tweet
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free. Rosa Parks
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. Benjamin Franklin
No man is good enough to govern another man without his consent. Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. Mahatma Gandhi
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. Nelson Mandela
A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty. Mark Twain
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker
As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly. Amelia Earhart
No borders, just horizons – only freedom. Amelia Earhart Click to tweet
We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle. Che Guevara
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. John F. Kennedy
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. John F. Kennedy
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! Patrick Henry
You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make a good use of it. John Adams (Founding Fathers)
However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. Alexander Hamilton (Founding Fathers)
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. Benjamin Franklin
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. Ronald Reagan
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed — else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. Martin Luther King Jr
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Martin Luther King Jr
Every subject’s duty is the Kings, but every subject’s soul is his own. William Shakespeare
It’s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened. Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Part 1. We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Part 2. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn’t ever feel like talking loud, and it warn’t often that we laughed — only a little kind of a low chuckle. Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Part 3. We had mighty good weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all — that night, nor the next, nor the next. Mark Twain (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
They may take away our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom! William Wallace (Braveheart)
Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people. Albert Einstein
I’m a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought. Jimmy Wales (co-founder of Wikipedia)
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended. Nelson Mandela
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Henry David Thoreau
Science can flourish only in an atmosphere of free speech. Albert Einstein
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. Thomas Jefferson Click to tweet
Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly. John Lennon
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See also: 11 Freedom Fighters Who Have Inspired Me (buzzfeed.com)
Short Freedom Quotes
One-liners, short freedom quotes, thoughts, sayings and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, backgrounds.
I exist as I am, that is enough. Walt Whitman Click to tweet
Freedom is the power to say no. James Clear
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel
Freedom begins between the ears. Edward Abbey
Only the educated are free. Epictetus
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Without freedom there can be no morality. Carl Jung
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Voltaire
Freedom is dearer than bread or joy. Jessie E. Sampter
You can do anything you decide to do. Amelia Earhart
The lure of flying is the lure of beauty. Amelia Earhart
After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you. Malcolm X
Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre
Don’t quack like a duck… soar like an eagle. Kenneth Blanchard
Freedom means choosing your burden. Hephzibah Menuhin
Let freedom never perish in your hands. Joseph Addison
Power is duty; freedom is responsibility. Marie Dubsky
Freedom is the outside of the inside. Joyce Carey
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. Kahlil Gibran
When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. Ralph Ellison
On the other side of fear lies freedom. Unknown
Sometimes what you’re most afraid of doing is the one thing that will set you free. Unknown (Submitted by the Wisdom Quotes Community)
Freedom is not for the weak. Tony Calderone
Slavery is the next thing to hell. Harriet Tubman
You’ll be free or die! Harriet Tubman
This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought. Euripides
My vision of freedom is to be yourself. Osho
The function of freedom is to free someone else. Toni Morrison
The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race. Bob Marley Click to tweet
My feet is my only carriage. Bob Marley
It is your attachment that creates hell. Rajneesh
Can you remember who you were before the world told you who you should be? Unknown
If you cannot be free be as free as you can. Ralph Waldo Emerson
He moves fastest who moves alone. Milton Friedman
Resist much, obey little. Walt Whitman
Without virtue there can be no liberty. Benjamin Rush
To be free is to have achieved your life. Tennessee Williams
The best freedom is being yourself. Jim Morrison
Liberty is the first condition of growth. Swami Vivekananda
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Phil Plait
Merely to breathe freely does not mean to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Freedom exists only with power. Friedrich Schiller
Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. Frederick Douglass (See also: education quotes)
Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils. General John Stark
Be – don’t try to become. Osho
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Inspirational Freedom Quotes
When you come to the point where you have no need to impress anybody, your freedom will begin. Unknown Click to tweet
Freedom is never free. It requires risk taking. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose and to commit ourselves to our goals and values. Paulo Coelho
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. Charles Kingsley
I value freedom above anything else. Freedom to do what I want, freedom from not doing what I don’t want to do, and freedom from my own reactions and emotions… things that may disturb my peace. Naval Ravikant
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real wealth is not about money. Real wealth is: -not having to go to meetings -not having to spend time with jerks -not being locked into status games -not feeling like you have to say “yes” -not worrying about others claiming your time and energy. Real wealth is about freedom. James Clear
You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others. Henry Rollins
The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought. Leon Blum
I believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they’re endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. Barack Obama
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
You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you’ll do anything to get it. Then you’ll get it. It’s the only way you’ll get it. Malcolm X
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
Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. Rumi
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making a mistake, of searching and experimenting, of saying no to any authority — literary, artistic, philosophical, religious, social, and even political. Ignazio Silone
Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth. Swami Vivekananda
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. Henry David Thoreau Click to tweet
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. Napoleon Bonaparte
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. Bernard Baruch
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. Baruch Spinoza
Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries? Amelia Earhart
Strong. You can do anything. You can go anywhere. Christopher McCandless (Into The Wild movie)
Part 1. Don’t think in terms of comfort; think in terms of freedom. Don’t think in terms of safety, think in terms of being more alive. And the only way to be more alive is to live dangerously, is to risk, is to go on an adventure. Rajneesh
Part 2. And the greatest adventure is not going to the moon – the greatest adventure is going to your own innermost core. Rajneesh
We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children’s children who may perchance be really free. Henry David Thoreau
The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker. Henry David Thoreau
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan
When one door is closed. Don’t you know what many more are open. Bob Marley
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Funny And Surprising Freedom Quotes
Freedom of press is limited to those who own one. H. L. Mencken Click to tweet
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. Henry David Thoreau
I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself. Oscar Wilde
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H. Humphrey
What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free and own no superior? Walt Whitman
Freedom is independence of the compulsory will of another. Immanuel Kant
Deep And Emotional Freedom Quotes
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass Click to tweet
Most people want security in this world, not liberty. H.L. Mencken
You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness. Robert Frost
Nothing matters and that’s a good thing as it sets you free. Naval Ravikant
Never trust the words of a man who is not free. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Freedom is not enough. Lyndon B. Johnson
The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. Virginia Woolf
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. Toni Morrison
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine
The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free. Henry David Thoreau
Men talk of freedom! How many are free to think? Free from fear, from perturbation, from prejudice? Nine hundred and ninety-nine in a thousand are perfect slaves. Henry David Thoreau
Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven. Charles Spurgeon
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right. Peter Marshall
The whole world seems to live under the banner: “Freedom is wonderful – but only for me.” Isaac Asimov
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke
True freedom means that we are alone. We alone decide what we believe, how we act, and who we become. We are responsible for our lives – nobody else. True freedom is both liberating and terrifying. Eric Peng
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. Henri-Frederic Amiel
If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Click to tweet
Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness on the confines of two everlasting hostile empires. Thomas Carlyle
Human history begins with man’s act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason. Erich Fromm
If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going. Harriet Tubman
I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. Harriet Tubman
Liberty doesn’t work as well in practice as it does in speeches. Will Rogers
Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert that dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. And don’t regard yourself as a guardian of freedom unless you respect and preserve the rights of people you disagree with to free, public, unhampered expression. Gerard K. O’Neill
We are free, truly free, when we don’t need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths. Ricardo Flores Magon
The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. James A. Garfield
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem
A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. Margaret Sanger
Nobody’s free until everybody’s free. Fannie Lou Hamer
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Wise Freedom Quotes (Words of wisdom)
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without. Immanuel Kant Click to tweet
Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose. Simone Weil
Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom. Albert Camus
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Frederick Douglass
Most will give up an acre of freedom for a closet of security. Dr. Idel Dreimer
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Epictetus
We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. Eric Hoffer
For a man to act himself, he must be perfectly free; otherwise he is in danger of losing all sense of responsibility or of self- respect. Henry David Thoreau
The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. Adlai Stevenson
A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both. Milton Friedman
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. Frederick Douglass
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Dick Cheney
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. Soren Kierkegaard
He who is allowed to do as he likes will soon run his head into a brick wall out of sheer frustration. Robert Musil
Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality. Shannon L. Alder
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who speaks of liberty while the human mind is in chains? Francis Wright
Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom. Jiddu Krishnamurti
To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom is not caprice but room to enlarge. C. A. Bartol
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See also: 10 Simple Tips to Live Happy, Wild, and Free (tinybuddha.com)
Part 3. Freedom Quotes About…
Freedom Quotes About Life, Personal Freedom, Being Independent
You can only lose what you cling to. Buddha Click to tweet
Let go of your story so the universe can write a new one for you. Marianne Williamson
True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline. Mortimer J. Adler
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn’t have a cent. Mike Tyson
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver
One of the purposes of life is to let go of all that baggage you’re dragging around and be free again. Neil Strauss
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. Virginia Woolf
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Charlotte Bronte
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns. Tara Brach
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides
Re-examine all that you have been told… dismiss that which insults your soul. Walt Whitman
Being free brings a lightness, a carefree surrender to all that is happening around you, and, above all, an acceptance of reality. Deepak Chopra
Your freedom is a supreme value. Nothing is higher than that. But your freedom is possible only if you are not encaged in your habits, unconscious patterns of living. Change your gestalt from unconsciousness to consciousness. Rajneesh
Desire is our imprisonment. The man who wants nothing, who is absolutely contented as he is, is free of all bondage. He has attained to ultimate freedom, nirvana – and that is the goal of life. Rajneesh
I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes, deep inside yourself, you’ll feel good no matter what. Jiddu Krishnamurti
If you are lucky and work very hard, you may someday get to experience freedom from the known. Jiddu Krishnamurti Click to tweet
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Friedrich Nietzsche
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves. Lord Byron
Words like “freedom,” “options,” and “choice” evoke a power of possibility far beyond the reality of the benefits they entail. Robert Greene
Freedom from things is dependent on the outside. Freedom to do something is also dependent on the outside. Freedom to be ultimately pure has not to be dependent on anything outside you. Osho
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom. Edward Gibbon
I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Harriet Tubman
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. Buddha
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. Bob Marley
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Quotes About Freedom Of Speech, Censorship
The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. George Bernard Shaw Click to tweet
Every burned book enlightens the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Free people can speak freely. If you fear to speak, you aren’t free. The Stoic Emperor
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. S.G. Tallentyre
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance. Lyndon B. Johnson
If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all. Noam Chomsky
I did not wish to live in a country where the individual does not enjoy equality before the law and freedom to say and teach what he likes. Albert Einstein
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Soren Kierkegaard
Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. Henry Louis Gates Jr.
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai Stevenson
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech – because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth. Barack Obama
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so. Barack Obama
Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they’re out of power. Once they’re in power, they’re ruthless in suppressing the rights of others. Barack Obama
The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. Walt Whitman
It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree. Leo McKern
Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Government has no right to hurt a hair on the head of an atheist for his opinions. Let him have a care of his practices. John Adams
To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy. Aung San Suu Kyi
Because if you don’t stand up for the stuff you don’t like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you’ve already lost. Neil Gaiman
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. John Milton
Those who make conversations impossible, make escalation inevitable. Stefan Molyneux
It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect. Criss Jami
Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent. Criss Jami
You can cage the singer but not the song. Harry Belafonte Click to tweet
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. Voltaire
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. Tom Smothers
Censorship reflects society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. Potter Stewart
I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our government because it means we have freedom of speech. Nancie J. Carmody
A free press can be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom a press will never be anything but bad. Albert Camus
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame. Oscar Wilde
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. George Bernard Shaw
The test of democracy is freedom of criticism. David Ben-Gurion
To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. John Aikin
Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them. Neil deGrasse Tyson
There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility. Steven Spielberg
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. Voltaire
See also: Freedom Of Speech By Country (wikipedia.org)
Quotes About Responsibility, Discipline, Price Of Freedom
Through discipline comes freedom. Aristotle Click to tweet
Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet. Alice Walker
As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it. Malcolm X
The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Robert Greene
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free. Paul Tillich
Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better. Swami Vivekananda
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. Eleanor Roosevelt
The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government. Eleanor Roosevelt
He that cannot obey, cannot command. Benjamin Franklin Click to tweet
The price of freedom is loneliness. To be happy is to be tied. C.S. Lewis
We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. H. L. Mencken
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Wendell Phillips
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank Herbert
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. M. Scott Peck
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price. Rabindranath Tagore
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. Leonardo da Vinci
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. Aristotle
Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild. Immanuel Kant
Rule your mind or it will rule you. Horace
See also: words of wisdom
See also: Discipline Equals Freedom Field Manual, By Jocko Willink, Ex Navy-Seal (2 minutes YouTube video)
Freedom Quotes About Love, Marriage, Happiness
Him that I love, I wish to be free – even from me. Anne Morrow Linbergh Click to tweet
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. Simone de Beauvoir
If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. Maya Angelou
Love does not claim possession but gives freedom. Rabindranath Tagore
That side of our existence whose direction is towards the infinite seeks not wealth, but freedom and joy. Rabindranath Tagore
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart. Thich Nhat Hanh
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. Arthur Schopenhauer
Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Think before you desire a thing. There is every possibility that it will be fulfilled, and then you will suffer. Osho
Meditation is nothing but enjoying your beautiful aloneness. Celebrating yourself; that’s what meditation is all about. Osho
When sex becomes conscious it is love, it is no longer lust. Love brings freedom, and lust simply creates prisons for you. Rajneesh
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name. Joseph O’Connor
This isn’t going to be pretty. Rules will be broken. Friendships will be tested. And huge risks will be taken. But they’re small prices to pay for true love and freedom, right? Lisi Harrison
Deep inside all of us a huge potential beckons, waiting to open us to the joy, genius, freedom and love within. Brandon Bays
If your purpose is to liberate yourself and others into love and freedom, then you should do whatever magnifies the love and freedom in your life and in the lives of whom your actions affect. David Deida
Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold. Bob Marley
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Bob Marley
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix
That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. Jim Morrison
Real love is considerate but has no concern. Osho
Quotes About Artistic Freedom
The greatest enemy of art is the absence of limitations. Orson Welles Click to tweet
Art is not a democracy. People don’t get to vote on how it ends. George R. R. Martin (Game Of Thrones)
You shouldn’t be a prisoner of your own ideas. Sol LeWitt
Start with a style and you are in chains, start with an idea and you are free. Richard Avedon
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Rosa Luxemburg
If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me. William Shakespeare
Like a hustler, you must find your freedom through the fluidity of your thoughts and your constant inventiveness. Robert Greene
You must not be afraid of your uniqueness and you must care less and less what people think of you. Robert Greene
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. Balthus
Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads. Adyashanti
Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character. Darby Bannard
You feel like a prisoner if you don’t create. You’re jailed up inside of yourself. Edie Brickell
Transfer from external validation to internal self-validation. Freedom means knowing who you are. Miles Patrick Yohnke
Free time is a necessity if you are to exist as an artist. Eleanor Blair
So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. Virginia Woolf
I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it. Daniel Boulud
Freedon is a scary thing. Most people don’t want it. Laurie Anderson
Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics. Victor Pinchuk
Liberty, n. One of imagination’s most precious possessions. Ambrose Bierce
The work of art is a scream of freedom. Christo
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Quotes About Spiritual Freedom, Non-Attachment, Religion
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. Ezra Pound Click to tweet
Freedom is to be free of attachments, and the main attachment is to the ‘I’-self. Mooji
It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything. Chuck Palahniuk
One is not wise because he talks a good deal. They are wise who are patient, and free from hate and fear. Buddha
There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. Buddha
No one and nothing can free you but your own understanding. Ajahn Chah
Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached. Swami Vivekananda
If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation. Swami Vivekananda
Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind. Swami Vivekananda
Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. Eckhart Tolle
Once your mind becomes absolutely still, your intelligence transcends human limitations. Jaggi Vasudev
Once there is a distance between you and your thought process, a new freedom is born. With this freedom, a new perception arises. Sadhguru
All meditations are nothing but efforts to bring you to the present. When you live in the present moment, with no past hanging around you, with no future projection, you are free from life and death, you are free from body and mind. You are free – simply free – you are freedom. Rajneesh
The most fundamental message of Gautama the Buddha is not God, is not soul… it is freedom: freedom absolute, total, unconditional. He does not want to give you an ideology, because every ideology creates its own slavery. Rajneesh
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 1 Peter 2:16
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Corinthians 3:17
If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Swami Vivekananda
Since most of us are secretly oppressed by our lack of freedom, we are drawn to those who are more fluid and flaunt their difference. Robert Greene
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. Benjamin Franklin
Breath by breath, let go of fear, expectation, anger, regret, cravings, frustration, fatigue. Let go of the need for approval. Let go of old judgments and opinions. Die to all that, and fly free. Soar in the freedom of desirelessness. Lama Surya Das
Let go. Let be. See through everything and be free, complete, luminous, at home — at ease. Lama Surya Das
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. Malcolm X Click to tweet
To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it. Sharon Salzberg
Buddhism teaches that joy and happiness arise from letting go. Please sit down and take an inventory of your life. There are things you’ve been hanging on to that really are not useful and deprive you of your freedom. Find the courage to let them go. Thich Nhat Hanh
You are born as freedom. It is just that you have been conditioned to forget it. Layers upon layers of conditionings have made you a puppet. The strings are in somebody else’s hands. Osho
Part 1. Freedom is the ultimate experience of life. There is nothing higher than that. And out of freedom many flowers blossom in you. Osho
Part 2. Love is the flowering of your freedom. Compassion, another flowering of your freedom. All that is valuable in life flowers in the innocent, natural state of your being. Osho
That is the Zen Manifesto: freedom from oneself. Osho
A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done. Ram Dass
That non-attachment gives us the freedom to be exactly who we are. Tara Brach
See also: silence quotes
Quotes About Freedom, America, United States Of America (USA)
The best road to progress is freedom’s road. John F. Kennedy Click to tweet
The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree. Thomas Campbell
We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. Barack Obama
That is our generation’s task – to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American. Barack Obama
We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals – opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope. Barack Obama
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. Woodrow Wilson
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt
America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought. Benazir Bhutto
I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America. Kirk Cameron
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. John Locke
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln
America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be freedom in a merely political sense that is meant. Even if we grant that the American has freed himself from a political tyrant, he is still the slave of an economical and moral tyrant. Henry David Thoreau
The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. Samuel Adams
Slaves, though held by the laws of men, are free by the laws of God. John Jay (Founding Fathers)
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. John Jay (Founding Fathers)
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington (Founding Fathers)
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. James Madison (Founding Fathers)
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. James Madison (Founding Fathers)
A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. James Madison (Founding Fathers)
A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. James Madison (Founding Fathers) Click to tweet
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. Samuel Adams (Founding Fathers)
We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Part 4. The Shawshank Redemption Freedom Quotes
Salvation lies within. Warden Samuel Norton Click to tweet
I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Ellis Boy “Red” Redding
I tell you those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. Ellis Boy “Red” Redding
Part 1. I find I’m so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it’s the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. Ellis Boy “Red” Redding
Part 2. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. Ellis Boy “Red” Redding
We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy – he spent that break hunkered in the shade, a strange little smile on his face, watching us drink his beer. Ellis Boy “Red” Redding
Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can’t even imagine, or maybe I just don’t want to. Five hundred yards… that’s the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile. Ellis Boy “Red” Redding
Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. Andy Dufresne
Part 5. Conclusion
Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man. Ralph Waldo Emerson Click to tweet
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Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Freedom Quotes
What Is Freedom?
Part 2
Freedom Quotes That ARE
The Most Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Deep
Wise
Part 3
Freedom Quotes ABOUT
Life, Personal Freedom
Freedom Of Speech
Responsibility
Love
Artistic Freedom
Spiritual Freedom
America
Part 4
The Shawshank Redemption Freedom Quotes
Part 5
Conclusion