Freedom Quotes

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The best of Freedom quotes, quotations and sayings are collected and compiled here for your reading pleasure. To each one of us, freedom may mean many different things. What you can get to see here is eminent and famous people on what they had to say about freedom and what it can mean to each one of us. These are definitely touching lines for thoughts and insights that can stir up your souls!

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

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Quotes on Freedom

"When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom." - Larry David

"Freedom is from within." - Frank Lloyd Wright

"Freedom is such a gift." - Ryan Gosling

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom." - George Washington Carver

"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." - Hannah Arendt

"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires." - Bertrand Russell

"Freedom is the only law which genius knows." - James Russell Lowell

"Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man." - Hubert H. Humphrey

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action." - W. Somerset Maugham

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

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves." - Abraham Lincoln

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

"As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom." - Pythagoras

"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes." - Robert Kennedy

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged." - Ronald Reagan

"The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation." - Jimmy Carter

"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

"You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box." - George W. Bush

"The best road to progress is freedom's road." - John F. Kennedy

"When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state." - Vladimir Lenin

"The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women." - Betty Ford

"The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom." - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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

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

"What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist." - Salman Rushdie

"I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom." - Alan Rickman

"The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America." - Marilyn vos Savant

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"I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit." - Eminem

"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre

"To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something." - Shel Silverstein

"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom." - Roald Dahl

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

"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." - Ramakrishna

"A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad." - Bodhidharma

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem." - Jiddu Krishnamurti

"True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail." - Osho

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

"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

"To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves." - Virginia Woolf

"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire." - Epictetus

"I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"We gain freedom when we have paid the full price." - Rabindranath Tagore

"Freedom is not enough." - Lyndon B. Johnson

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

"There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail." - Erich Fromm

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err." - Mohandas Gandhi

"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

"Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent." - Mike Tyson

"The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money." - Johnny Carson

"Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement." - Nelson Mandela

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Freedom on the News

South Africa: Freedom of Expression Important - Zuma
He told the National Assembly that freedom of expression was as important and "as understood and appreciated in Constantia as it was in Gugulethu". Zuma said: "This government defends the right of our people to express themselves in any manner, ...
Religious freedom issues at heart of HHS lawsuits, legal scholars say
Rather, she said, the regulations that would require employers to provide free health insurance coverage for contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilizations are a contravention of religious freedom, "and that's everybody's business.
'Medal of Freedom' Bestowed on Latina Labor Activist
By María Peña, Servicios EFE President Barack Obama on Tuesday presented the ?Medal of Freedom,? the highest civilian honor granted in the US, to Mexican American activist Dolores Huerta and 12 other persons whom he described as ?individual heroes.
Hylton baseball wins Northwest Region, celebrates by liberating scoop of dirt ...
Under ideal conditions, the Hylton baseball team would have remembered to pack its batting helmets for the Virginia AAA Northwest Region championship Thursday night at Freedom-South Riding. Instead, the Bulldogs had to cobble together random headware ...

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  • AnthonyAltorenna Feb 20, 2012 @ 9:46 pm | delete
    An inspirational and motivating list of quotes! I always enjoy reading through your lens. Keep 'em coming!
  • hamshi5433 Feb 20, 2012 @ 3:52 pm | delete
    "Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." very true!
    Lovely quotes here...you`re doing a fab job with the quotes collection. :)
  • crstnblue Jan 31, 2012 @ 12:22 am | delete
    Glad to read another lens with triggering topic created by you! :)
    “A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • flicker Jan 14, 2012 @ 2:22 pm | delete
    Nice selection of quotes about freedom. Makes one think about freedom in many ways.
  • MaryStuart Dec 1, 2011 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    This topic is very close to my heart. To me, freedom is as essential as the air we breathe. Nice lens!
  • anilsaini Oct 22, 2011 @ 3:25 am | delete
    another nice one...its a Great one
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Oct 21, 2011 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    Excellent thoughts about freedom. So important not to take freedom for granted. This was a perfect reminder. Thank you!
  • marciag Oct 14, 2011 @ 7:50 am | delete
    Awesome quotes. I recognized a few, but didn't know most of them. Bookmarked because I am using quotes on many of my lenses so I'll come back for inspiration!

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