Liberty and Freedom: Quotes to Inspire Free Spirits - Page 9

Explore powerful quotes about freedom and liberty from world-renowned leaders and thinkers. Ignite your spirit of independence. Page 9 provides more freedom quotes.

Image of Tom Robbins
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.
- Tom Robbins
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Image of Archibald MacLeish
There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.
- Archibald MacLeish
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Image of James Madison
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
- James Madison
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Image of Amanda Gorman
I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
- Amanda Gorman
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Image of Gilbert K. Chesterton
The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Image of William Wordsworth
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
- William Wordsworth
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Image of Louis Farrakhan
They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.
- Louis Farrakhan
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Image of Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Image of Pavel Durov
To be truly free, you should be ready to risk everything for freedom.
- Pavel Durov
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Image of Alan Dershowitz
Freedom of speech means freedom for those who you despise, and freedom to express the most despicable views. It also means that the government cannot pick and choose which expressions to authorize and which to prevent.
- Alan Dershowitz
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Image of Karl Rahner
How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.
- Karl Rahner
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Image of Liu Xiaobo
Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.
- Liu Xiaobo
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Image of Jake Gyllenhaal
I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.
- Jake Gyllenhaal
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Image of Paramahansa Yogananda
Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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Image of Abbie Hoffman
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
- Abbie Hoffman
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Image of Charles Lindbergh
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
- Charles Lindbergh
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Image of Nelson Mandela
Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.
- Nelson Mandela
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Image of John Milton
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
- John Milton
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Image of Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Image of Daniel Boulud
I love to create, and to me, the ultimate freedom of expression is a blank canvas or a block of clay to capture whatever emotions your imagination gives it.
- Daniel Boulud
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Image of Charlie Dent
Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.
- Charlie Dent
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Image of Ernestine Rose
Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.
- Ernestine Rose
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Image of Martin McGuinness
We don't believe that winning elections and winning any amount of votes will win freedom in Ireland. At the end of the day, it will be the cutting edge of the IRA which will bring freedom.
- Martin McGuinness
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Image of Herbert Spencer
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
- Herbert Spencer
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Image of Martin Luther King III
My mom and dad understood that every generation has to earn its freedom over and over again.
- Martin Luther King III
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Image of Sun Yat-sen
When the nation can act freely, then China may be called strong. To make the nation free, we must each sacrifice his freedom.
- Sun Yat-sen
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Image of Lyn Nofziger
Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility.
- Lyn Nofziger
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Image of Billie Joe Armstrong
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
- Billie Joe Armstrong
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Image of Soledad O'Brien
I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?
- Soledad O'Brien
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Image of Sigmund Freud
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
- Sigmund Freud
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Image of Yasser Arafat
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
- Yasser Arafat
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Image of Coretta Scott King
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
- Coretta Scott King
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Image of Herbert Hoover
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.
- Herbert Hoover
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Image of Prince
Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.
- Prince
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Image of Gloria Steinem
Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.
- Gloria Steinem
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Image of Toussaint Louverture
I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish.
- Toussaint Louverture
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Image of Marilyn Ferguson
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.
- Marilyn Ferguson
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Image of Pythagoras
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
- Pythagoras
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Image of Milind Soman
Once your mind and body is healthy, it creates a freedom that helps you enjoy life.
- Milind Soman
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Image of Jonathan Sacks
The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it.
- Jonathan Sacks
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Image of Maximilien Robespierre
The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
- Maximilien Robespierre
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Image of Boris Yeltsin
We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.
- Boris Yeltsin
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Image of Fannie Lou Hamer
If I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.
- Fannie Lou Hamer
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Image of Frederick Douglass
I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
- Frederick Douglass
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Image of Pep Guardiola
I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.
- Pep Guardiola
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Image of Epictetus
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
- Epictetus
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Image of Kwame Nkrumah
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.
- Kwame Nkrumah
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Image of Robert Foster Bennett
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.
- Robert Foster Bennett
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Image of Desmond Tutu
In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
- Desmond Tutu
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