“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”
Freedom is one of those words that everyone values and nobody defines the same way. These quotes explore liberty, independence, autonomy, and the tension between personal freedom and collective responsibility.
“We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.”
“Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”
“I had crossed the line. I was free but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.”
“The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.”
“Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.”
“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.”
“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.”
“The spread of freedom is the best security for the free.”
“Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.”
“True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.”
“So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.”
“The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.”
“There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.”
“You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.”
“The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.”
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.”