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A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.
Friedrich Hayek1899–1992The Constitution of Liberty (1960), p. 79.
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Sceptical Essays (1928), Ch. 13: Freedom in Society
- Economics
- Liberty
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
David Lloyd George1863–1945Speech in the House of Commons (10 May 1928)
- Liberty
The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.
Simón Bolívar1783–1830Statement of 1829, as quoted in The Great Fear: The Reconquest of Latin America by Latin Americans (1963) by John Gerassi
- America
- Liberty
The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.
Emma Goldman1869–1940Living My Life (1931)
Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
Robert H. Jackson1892–1954West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943), 319 U.S. 641
I may not be able to say all I think; but I am not going to say anything that I do not think. I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
- Courage
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Essais (wr. 1571–92; pub. 1580–95), Book I, Ch. 39
Only the free mind knows what Love is.
Jiddu Krishnamurti1895–1986Speech at the University of California, Berkley, as broadcast by Pacifica Radio (4 January 1969)
- Love
Freedom and power bring responsibility.
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964A Tryst With Destiny (1947)
- Responsibility
Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
David Lloyd George1863–1945International Liberal Conference (July 1928)
- Liberty
Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
Edward Abbey1927–1989“Cliffrose and Bayonets”, p. 26
- Love
The knowledge of fear can help make us free.
Audre Lorde1934–1992Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response, p. 75
- Fear
Freedom cannot be bestowed — it must be achieved.
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915Essay on Booker T. Washington, Little Journeys (1908), p. 21
Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.
Graham Greene1904–1991“Freedom of Thought,” speech accepting the Jerusalem Prize (6 April 1981)
- Thinking