Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

freedom

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. 52 quotes from Albert Camus

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. 74 other quotes from Winston Churchill

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet. 14 quotes from Hedy Lamarr

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts. 18 views from Baruch Spinoza

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. 52 wisdom & wit from Albert Camus

Freedom is the recognition of necessity. 2 sayings from Friedrich Engels

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. 6 more quotes from Felix Frankfurter

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. 29 wisdom & wit from Friedrich Schiller

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order. 25 wisdom & wit from Will Durant

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely. 52 more quotes from Albert Camus

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. 52 quotes from Albert Camus

You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. 3 quotes from Abbie Hoffman

Art is the daughter of freedom. 29 other quotes from Friedrich Schiller

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. 25 other views from Will Durant

Freedom can occur only through education. 29 more sayings from Friedrich Schiller

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. 11 thoughts from Aneurin Bevan

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God. 14 thoughts from Muhammad Iqbal

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. 4 quotes from Margaret Mitchell

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway. 25 quotes from Will Durant

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. 14 other quotes from Jim Morrison

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. 4 thoughts from William Lloyd Garrison

Expose yourself to your deepest fear after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. 14 more sayings from Jim Morrison

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom. 30 views from Gustave Flaubert

I have a fantastic relationship with money. I use it to buy my freedom. 5 quotes from Gianni Versace

None can love freedom heartily, but good men the rest love not freedom, but licence. 5 views from John Milton

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. 36 sayings from Lord Byron

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom. 2 other views from Olof Palme

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed. 41 quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

I need this wild life, this freedom. 5 thoughts from Zane Grey

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. 12 quotes from Simone de Beauvoir

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes. 26 quotes from E. M. Forster

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. 8 wisdom & wit from Ernest Holmes

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. 41 wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. 29 other thoughts from W. Somerset Maugham

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. 30 quotes from Virginia Woolf

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. 10 views from Tertullian

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. 6 other quotes from Edith Wharton

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands. 17 other quotes from Friedrich Durrenmatt

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all. 17 quotes from Friedrich Durrenmatt

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes. 5 more quotes from E. Stanley Jones

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England. 2 wisdom & wit from Karel Capek

Bondage is of the mind freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be. 10 quotes from Ramakrishna

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. 73 more quotes from Victor Hugo

Freedom is the only law which genius knows. 24 other quotes from James Russell Lowell

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. 7 quotes from Nikos Kazantzakis

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. 30 more sayings from George Washington

People demand freedom only when they have no power. 26 thoughts from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization. 6 other quotes from Charles Lindbergh

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. 29 other quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. 47 quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. 31 quotes from Thomas Paine

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. 26 views from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. 31 other quotes from Thomas Paine

Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. 3 more quotes from James Otis

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment. 3 thoughts from Harriet Ann Jacobs

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. 2 quotes from Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Freedom lies in being bold. 50 wisdom & wit from Robert Frost

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. 6 wisdom & wit from William Morris

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom. 50 thoughts from Robert Frost

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails. 17 quotes from Leo Buscaglia

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. 27 other sayings from James Madison

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from. 8 quotes from Vernon Howard

The only certain freedom's in departure. 50 quotes from Robert Frost

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. 16 quotes from Erich Fromm

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. 50 more quotes from Robert Frost

Freedom begins as we become conscious of it. 8 more quotes from Vernon Howard

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. 4 views from Rosa Luxemburg

Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. 4 sayings from Rosa Luxemburg

Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all. 4 sayings from Rosa Luxemburg

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice. 2 quotes from Corliss Lamont

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth. 11 other sayings from Henrik Ibsen

The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society. 11 wisdom & wit from Henrik Ibsen

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society. 11 quotes from Henrik Ibsen

The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. 11 quotes from Henrik Ibsen

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks. 8 quotes from Vernon Howard

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. 14 other quotes from Vladimir Lenin

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. 21 more sayings from William Wordsworth

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. 3 other quotes from Hans Christian Andersen

No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. 14 quotes from Vladimir Lenin

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you. 6 quotes from B. R. Ambedkar

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. 4 other thoughts from Coretta Scott King

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose. 12 views from Thornton Wilder

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. 3 sayings from Edward R. Murrow

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one. 20 more quotes from Herbert Spencer

When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state. 14 more wisdom & wit from Vladimir Lenin

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. 4 other quotes from Charles Evans Hughes

While the State exists there can be no freedom when there is freedom there will be no State. 14 other quotes from Vladimir Lenin

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. 14 views from Clarence Darrow

For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. 18 views from Emile M. Cioran

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. 6 views from Rollo May

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom. 20 thoughts from Herbert Spencer

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. 6 other thoughts from Rollo May

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling. 18 other quotes from Emile M. Cioran

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. 4 wisdom & wit from Dean Acheson

Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. 14 more sayings from Edward Gibbon

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. 7 views from James Anthony Froude

Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another. 26 quotes from Sigmund Freud

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. 22 thoughts from Soren Kierkegaard

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. 46 wisdom & wit from John F. Kennedy

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. 35 more quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior. 30 other quotes from Walt Whitman

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth. 33 thoughts from Thomas Huxley

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. 9 more thoughts from Jiddu Krishnamurti

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. 45 views from Bertrand Russell

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. 16 other quotes from Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man. 16 views from Hubert H. Humphrey

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. 5 quotes from Moshe Dayan

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. 45 more wisdom & wit from Bertrand Russell

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary. 21 views from Malcolm X

Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. 35 views from Rabindranath Tagore

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. 26 quotes from Sigmund Freud

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity. 21 wisdom & wit from Karl Marx

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. 33 more quotes from Thomas Huxley

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. 21 more wisdom & wit from Malcolm X

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. 22 more quotes from Soren Kierkegaard

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. 10 more wisdom & wit from Patrick Henry

Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. 11 wisdom & wit from John Stuart Mill

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression. 21 thoughts from Malcolm X

The best road to progress is freedom's road. 46 quotes from John F. Kennedy

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The family is the test of freedom because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. 26 wisdom & wit from Harry S. Truman

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. 45 sayings from Bertrand Russell

We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. 46 more wisdom & wit from John F. Kennedy

We gain freedom when we have paid the full price. 35 quotes from Rabindranath Tagore

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. 21 quotes from Malcolm X

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being. 21 quotes from Malcolm X

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. 7 views from Thomas Moore

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom. 14 quotes from Golda Meir

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie and the workers want no lying. 6 sayings from Mikhail Bakunin

The freedom of all is essential to my freedom. 6 thoughts from Mikhail Bakunin

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. 21 other wisdom & wit from Malcolm X

Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. 59 sayings from Elbert Hubbard

Freedom is from within. 26 more wisdom & wit from Frank Lloyd Wright

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. 47 quotes from George Orwell

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. 47 other quotes from George Orwell

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind. 17 other wisdom & wit from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. 18 thoughts from Pearl S. Buck

Responsibility is the price of freedom. 59 quotes from Elbert Hubbard

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. 6 quotes from Charles Kingsley

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. 5 quotes from Brigham Young

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. 47 views from George Orwell

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. 8 quotes from Stokely Carmichael

The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot. 10 other wisdom & wit from William Ralph Inge

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. 10 more quotes from Emma Goldman

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. 13 thoughts from Dag Hammarskjold

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper. 2 other quotes from Stanley Kubrick

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. 45 quotes from Aldous Huxley

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. 19 wisdom & wit from Alexis de Tocqueville

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America. 19 views from Alexis de Tocqueville

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. 19 views from Alexis de Tocqueville

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. 7 sayings from John Quincy Adams

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy their second worst enemy is total efficiency. 45 sayings from Aldous Huxley

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. 14 sayings from Robert A. Heinlein

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven. 16 quotes from Douglas Horton

We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure. 6 quotes from Karl Popper

Freedom is not enough. 24 wisdom & wit from Lyndon B. Johnson

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. 20 quotes from Herbert Hoover

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. 24 quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson

Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom. 5 other quotes from Charles Horton Cooley

In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. 12 wisdom & wit from Bernard Baruch

The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity. 2 more sayings from Anna Julia Cooper

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. 12 thoughts from Bernard Baruch

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. 9 quotes from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it. 63 quotes from Samuel Johnson

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them. 2 quotes from Kwame Nkrumah

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. 26 other quotes from Theodor Adorno

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. 2 quotes from Samuel Adams

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken

A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. 4 more wisdom & wit from Roald Dahl

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give. 3 quotes from David O. McKay

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. 24 more thoughts from Henri Frederic Amiel

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom. 2 other quotes from Mary Renault

Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort it brings. 8 sayings from Walter Lippmann

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. 8 views from Walter Lippmann

Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries. 4 quotes from Arthur Henderson

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something. 2 wisdom & wit from Shel Silverstein

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. 9 quotes from Hannah Arendt

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. 36 more quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living? 100 thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. 100 more quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. 4 quotes from A. J. Liebling

Freedom rings where opinions clash. 24 views from Adlai E. Stevenson

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. 11 wisdom & wit from Graham Greene

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. 33 more quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower

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. 33 views from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. 18 quotes from John Adams

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. 103 thoughts from Friedrich Nietzsche

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free. 33 more thoughts from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. 8 other sayings from Frank Herbert

The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms. 6 more quotes from William O. Douglas

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. 33 thoughts from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. 100 views from Mahatma Gandhi

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. 33 views from Dwight D. Eisenhower

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism. 2 sayings from Michel Foucault

The freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but freedom from care and worry. 4 thoughts from James Truslow Adams

The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. 16 other sayings from Denis Diderot

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. 8 quotes from Frank Herbert