Liberty and Freedom: Quotes to Inspire Free Spirits - Page 5

Explore powerful quotes about freedom and liberty from world-renowned leaders and thinkers. Ignite your spirit of independence. Page 5 provides more freedom quotes.

Image of Mary Wollstonecraft
Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.
- Mary Wollstonecraft
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Image of Alfred Adler
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
- Alfred Adler
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Image of Charles Caleb Colton
Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.
- Charles Caleb Colton
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Image of Adam McKay
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
- Adam McKay
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Image of Ramakrishna
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
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Image of Arundhati Roy
I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.
- Arundhati Roy
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Image of Pierre Nanterme
The art of leadership is not to spend your time measuring, evaluating. It's all about selecting the person. And if you believe you selected the right person, then you give that person the freedom, the authority, the delegation to innovate and to lead with some very simple measure.
- Pierre Nanterme
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Image of Michel Foucault
Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
- Michel Foucault
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Image of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I am mortal. I want the nation to get used to freedom before I die.
- Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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Image of Colin Kaepernick
People don't realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for: freedom, liberty and justice for all.
- Colin Kaepernick
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Image of Kris Kristofferson
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
- Kris Kristofferson
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Image of Hirohito
I discovered freedom for the first time in England.
- Hirohito
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Image of Nicholas Soames
Our freedom, our prosperity and our security depend on a proper respect for the fortune of our neighbours, allies and old friends.
- Nicholas Soames
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Image of Rachel Corrie
I think freedom for Palestine could be an incredible source of hope to people struggling all over the world. I think it could also be an incredible inspiration to Arab people in the Middle East, who are struggling under undemocratic regimes which the U.S. supports.
- Rachel Corrie
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Image of Hillary Clinton
Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.
- Hillary Clinton
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Image of Park Yeon-mi
I wasn't dreaming of freedom when I escaped from North Korea... I was willing to risk my life for the promise of a bowl of rice.
- Park Yeon-mi
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Image of Rajiv Gandhi
To the nameless and unsung heroes of our freedom struggle, we offer our humble tribute. Their life-blood nourishes the body of independent India.
- Rajiv Gandhi
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Image of Vanilla Ice
I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.
- Vanilla Ice
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Image of Jim Morrison
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
- Jim Morrison
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Image of Robin G. Collingwood
Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.
- Robin G. Collingwood
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Image of William Hague
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law.
- William Hague
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Image of Thomas Moore
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
- Thomas Moore
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Image of David Riesman
The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
- David Riesman
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Image of Mike Leach
Freedom of speech should be wide open as long as it doesn't incite violence.
- Mike Leach
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Image of Lynn Barber
I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.
- Lynn Barber
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Image of Oprah Winfrey
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
- Oprah Winfrey
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Image of Indra Devi
Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.
- Indra Devi
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Image of Theodor W. Adorno
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
- Theodor W. Adorno
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Image of Amiri Baraka
A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
- Amiri Baraka
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Image of Leslie Jones
Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
- Leslie Jones
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Image of Jack Kevorkian
Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
- Jack Kevorkian
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Image of Georg Cantor
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
- Georg Cantor
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Image of Suzanne Collins
Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.
- Suzanne Collins
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Image of G. Edward Griffin
Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
- G. Edward Griffin
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Image of Golda Meir
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
- Golda Meir
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Image of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Image of Sting
One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like.
- Sting
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Image of Thich Nhat Hanh
Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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Image of Deborah Sampson
I became an actor in that important drama with an inflexible resolution to persevere through the last scene, when we might be permitted and acknowledged to enjoy what we had so nobly declared we would possess, or lose with our lives - Freedom and Independence!
- Deborah Sampson
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Image of A. J. Liebling
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
- A. J. Liebling
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Image of William Inge
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
- William Inge
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Image of Moon Jae-in
My parents fled from North Korea during the Korean War because they despised the North Korean Communist regime. They fled to seek freedom and came to South Korea.
- Moon Jae-in
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Image of Benjamin N. Cardozo
Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
- Benjamin N. Cardozo
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Image of John Wayne
I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.
- John Wayne
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Image of Scott Morrison
Australia is not a secular country. It is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose.
- Scott Morrison
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Image of Deeyah Khan
Freedom of speech is a human right and the foundation upon which democracy is built. Any restriction of freedom of speech is a restriction upon democracy.
- Deeyah Khan
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Image of Robert Greene
Consciously or unconsciously most of us adhere to what is expected of our role because we realize our social success depends on this. Some may refuse to play this game, but in the end they are marginalized and forced to play the outsider role, with limited options and decreasing freedom as they get older.
- Robert Greene
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Image of Jimmy Carter
The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.
- Jimmy Carter
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Image of Edith Hamilton
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
- Edith Hamilton
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