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
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. @ -Thomas Jefferson
My vision of freedom is to be yourself. @ -Osho
Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something. @ -Angela Merkel
Freedom is the power to say no. @ -James Clear
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life. @ -Bob Marley
Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation. @ -Paramahansa Yogananda
I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. @ -Nina Simone
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. @ -John F. Kennedy
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality. @ -Mahatma Gandhi
Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the one thing that will set you free.
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people. @ -Thomas Paine
Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves. @ -Friedrich Nietzsche
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... So other people would be also free. @ -Rosa Parks
On the other side of fear lies freedom.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. @ -John F. Kennedy
The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race. @ -Bob Marley
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
I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. @ -Jimi Hendrix
If you're not ready to die for it, take the word "freedom" out of your vocabulary. @ -Malcolm X
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
Part of gaining personal freedom is knowing that your past belongs in the past.
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
You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love. @ -Nicholas Sparks
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. @ -Marcus Tullius Cicero
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
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. @ -Abraham Lincoln
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
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. @ -Jeffrey Borenstein
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. @ -Henry David Thoreau
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. @ -Virginia Woolf
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people. @ -Albert Einstein
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
Freedom from desire leads to inner peace. @ -Lao Tzu
When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen.
I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought. @ -Jimmy Wales
A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom. @ -Malcolm X
I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! @ -Patrick Henry
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. @ -Benjamin Franklin
I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. @ -Nina Simone
Science can flourish only in an atmosphere of free speech. @ -Albert Einstein
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let freedom never perish in your hands. @ -Joseph Addison
Freedom, in any case, is only possible by constantly struggling for it. @ -Albert Einstein
People will never fight for your freedom if you have not given evidence that you are prepared to fight for it yourself. @ -Bayard Rustin
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. @ -Kahlil Gibran
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Freedom means choosing your burden. @ -Hephzibah Menuhin
We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle. @ -Che Guevara
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
No man is good enough to govern another man without his consent. @ -Abraham Lincoln
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. @ -Martin Luther King Jr.
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
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. @ -Viktor Frankl
Power is duty; freedom is responsibility. @ -Marie Dubsky
Only the educated are free. @ -Epictetus
Slavery is the next thing to hell. @ -Harriet Tubman
No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free. @ -Buddha
You can do anything you decide to do. @ -Amelia Earhart
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. @ -Aung San Suu Kyi
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. @ -Jean-Paul Sartre
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
No borders, just horizons - only freedom. @ -Amelia Earhart
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. @ -Thomas Jefferson
Freedom - to walk free and own no superior. @ -Walt Whitman
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
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. @ -Coco Chanel
I am free and that is why I am lost. @ -Franz Kafka
Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens. @ -Jiddu Krishnamurti
We anarchists do not want to emancipate the people; we want the people to emancipate themselves. @ -Errico Malatesta
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
After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you. @ -Malcolm X
Freedom is the outside of the inside. @ -Joyce Carey
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom. @ -Clarence Darrow
Liberty: One of imagination's most precious possessions. @ -Ambrose Bierce
I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game. @ -Toni Morrison
Freedom lies in bold action. @ -Robert Frost
Liberation is having the freedom to not wait for anyone's approval. @ -Jasmine Upwork
Knowledge is the true key to freedom in life. @ -Jasmine Upwork
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men. @ -Voltaire
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly. @ -Amelia Earhart
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. @ -Mortimer J. Adler
Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure. @ -Drew Houston
Freedom is not for the weak. @ -Tony Calderone
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. @ -Franklin D. Roosevelt
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. @ -Voltaire
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? @ -Oscar Wilde
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Security without liberty is called prison. @ -Benjamin Franklin
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. @ -Ralph Ellison
Without freedom, there is no creation. @ -Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end. @ -Jiddu Krishnamurti
Addiction is the opposite of freedom.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. @ -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
All the Men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them. @ -Leonard Cohen
Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. @ -Moshe Dayan
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. @ -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. @ -Benjamin Franklin
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. @ -William Faulkner
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government. @ -Thomas Jefferson
Without freedom there can be no morality. @ -Carl Jung
Freedom begins between the ears. @ -Edward Abbey
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. @ -Martin Luther King Jr.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. @ -Mahatma Gandhi
A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul. @ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Modern society gives us incredible flexibility in that we can get away from our crazy family members, and we're not destined to die where we were born or do what our parents did. So we have incredible freedom. @ -Naval Ravikant
However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties. @ -Alexander Hamilton
I read somewhere how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong. @ -Christopher McCandless
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. @ -Benjamin Franklin
I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed. @ -Alexander Hamilton
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free. @ -Benjamin Franklin
Freedom is dearer than bread or joy. @ -Jessie Sampter
Through discipline comes freedom.
Freedom lies in being bold. @ -Robert Frost
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. @ -Thomas Paine
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. @ -Albert Camus
The lure of flying is the lure of beauty. @ -Amelia Earhart
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. @ -Albert Einstein
If it is right for men to fight for their freedom, then it is right for women to fight for their freedom and the freedom of the children they bear. @ -Emmeline Pankhurst
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even to die free than to live slaves. @ -Frederick Douglas
Realizing you've let go and moved on is the biggest form of freedom you will ever experience.
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. @ -Thomas Jefferson
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. @ -Surya Das
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. @ -Thomas Jefferson
He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm. @ -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty. @ -Mark Twain
I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it. @ -Natalie Goldberg
And then there is the most dangerous risk of all; the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. @ -Randy Komisar
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
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. @ -Voltaire
There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety. @ -Thomas Jefferson
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. @ -Thomas Paine
Freedom is a calm mind. @ -Shane Parrish
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. @ -Patrick Henry
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom! @ -William Wallace
The function of freedom is to free someone else. @ -Toni Morrison
I exist as I am, that is enough. @ -Walt Whitman
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. @ -Jean-Paul Sartre
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. @ -Voltaire
Tell the world to shove it and you'll feel a new sense of freedom.
You'll be free or die! @ -Harriet Tubman
No one is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow. @ -Alice Walker
The more you dis-identify with your ego, the more complete is your freedom. @ -The Ancient Sage
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. @ -George Bernard Shaw
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. @ -Euripides
The opposite of freedom is addiction.
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
