Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. … There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation. – Margaret Thatcher
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. – Sigmund Freud
Humans are born free, but habituated by society to obey by default. Flex your freedom muscle by questioning instead of blindly following authority. – Justin Kan
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. – Thomas Jefferson
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. – George Washington
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. – Toni Morrison
Injustice in the end produces independence. – Voltaire
If other people do not understand our behavior – so what? Their request that we must only do what they understand is an attempt to dictate to us. If this is being “asocial” or “irrational” in their eyes, so be it. Mostly they resent our freedom and our courage to be ourselves. We owe nobody an explanation or an accounting, as long as our acts do not hurt or infringe on them. How many lives have been ruined by this need to “explain,” which usually implies that the explanation be “understood,” i.e. approved. Let your deeds be judged, and from your deeds, your real intentions, but know that a free person owes an explanation only to himself – to his reason and his conscience – and to the few who may have a justified claim for explanation. – Erich Fromm
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. – Antoine De Saint-Exupery
It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come. – Malcolm X
Those who have the freedom to row can get to where they want to go! – RVM
Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom. – Santosh Kalwar
Freedom is not a privilege. It’s a right to choose.
As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free. – Charlie Chaplin
Of what use is your wealth and kingdom if you don’t have the liberation and freedom to be what you want to be. – RVM
That’s the flip side of freedom; When you’re completely free, you’re also completely on your own. – Lauren Oliver
Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don’t let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas? – Joseph Stalin
No man is free who is not master of himself. – Epictetus
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
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