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110+ Freedom Quotes

Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants. Freedom also defines the state of not being imprisoned or enslaved. We all need and love freedom. Liberty gives us power to live as our wish. True freedom is the freedom of soul. Check out 110+ freedom quotes and sayings below.



1. Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom. George Washington Carver
2. Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics. Victor Pinchuk
3. A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. Jim Morrison
4. Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen
5. The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides
6. Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward. Drew Houston
7. Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. Herbert Hoover
8. Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. John F. Kennedy
9. My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one's purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one's self. Coretta Scott King
10. Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. Nelson Mandela
11. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan
12. Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends. Divyanka Tripathi
13. Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor E. Frankl
14. On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff. Laurence Fishburne
15. Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. Malcolm X
16. 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
17. Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell
18. Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. John Adams
19. I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. Nikos Kazantzakis
20. It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire
21. Freedom lies in being bold. Robert Frost
22. If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. Noam Chomsky
23. Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. Pope John Paul II
24. 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
25. The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. Maximilien Robespierre
26. Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. George W. Bush
27. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington
28. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Soren Kierkegaard
29. I've sold my soul for freedom. It's lonely but it's sweet. Melissa Etheridge
30. Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation. Coretta Scott King
31. Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. Albert Camus
32. Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. Jean-Paul Sartre
33. Mountains are freedom. Treat them respectfully. Conrad Anker
34. A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life. Suze Orman
35. Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality. Ben Shapiro
36. Freedom of being alone is intoxicating. Kangana Ranaut
37. No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses. Vladimir Lenin
38. There is no such thing as part freedom. Nelson Mandela
39. Freedom is something that dies unless it's used. Hunter S. Thompson
40. Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery. W. E. B. Du Bois
41. Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. Rabindranath Tagore
42. Education is freedom. Paulo Freire
43. True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. Brigham Young
44. Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. Nelson Mandela
45. Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt
46. I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity. David Bowie
47. Man is not free unless government is limited. Ronald Reagan
48. 'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. Dag Hammarskjold
49. Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Voltaire
50. The joyful heart sees and reads the world with a sense of freedom and graciousness. John O'Donohue
51. The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley
52. We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. William Glasser
53. Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. George Henry Lewes
54. Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom. Demi Moore
55. True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. Brigham Young
56. We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say. Tracy Morgan
57. Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it. Sylvia Plath
58. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Desmond Tutu
59. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Rabindranath Tagore
60. Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself. Martin Luther King, Jr.
61. Injustice in the end produces independence. Voltaire
62. I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended. Taslima Nasrin
63. Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. Friedrich Schiller
64. The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. Andrew Goodman
65. True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment. Dada Vaswani
66. Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things. Leslie Jones
67. What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. Marcus Tullius Cicero
68. I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other. Chris Patten
69. Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism. Said Musa
70. Freedom - to walk free and own no superior. Walt Whitman
71. Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts. Stephen Breyer
72. Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. Epictetus
73. I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. Simone de Beauvoir
74. Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. Ronald Reagan
75. Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank Herbert
76. Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship. Patrick Henry
77. The rainbow flag is a symbol of freedom and liberation that we made for ourselves. Gilbert Baker
78. 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
79. He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
80. Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. Desmond Tutu
81. Freedom of expression and freedom of speech aren't really important unless they're heard. The freedom of hearing is as important as the freedom of speaking. Tom Smothers
82. Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom. Tommy Douglas
83. None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. John Milton
84. Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him. Robert McNamara
85. Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Soren Kierkegaard
86. Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance. Lisa Murkowski
87. You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. Abbie Hoffman
88. When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete. Vaclav Havel
89. Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. Jalal Talabani
90. Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan
91. Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. Jiddu Krishnamurti
92. In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom. J. G. Ballard
93. To talk about liberty and freedom is nice, lovely, but the important thing is to allow people to act in liberty and freedom. Hassan Nasrallah
94. Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw
95. Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child. Sylvia Pankhurst
96. The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. Ralph Waldo Emerson
97. Freedom is the recognition of necessity. Friedrich Engels
98. The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society. Henrik Ibsen
99. Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has. Anita Brookner
100. Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. Epictetus
101. Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. Marilyn Ferguson
102. Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves. Rollo May
103. Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. Mortimer Adler
104. The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress. Ernest Renan
105. Art is the daughter of freedom. Friedrich Schiller
106. Freedom has never been free. Medgar Evers
107. Freedom is never granted; it is won. A. Philip Randolph
108. Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently. Rosa Luxemburg
109. When there is state there can be no freedom, but when there is freedom there will be no state. Vladimir Lenin
110. Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice. Nancy Pelosi
111. There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. W. Somerset Maugham
112. One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like. Sting
113. Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay. Prince
114. Freedom always deals with 'the possible'; this gives freedom its great flexibility, its fascination, and its dangers. Rollo May


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