Quotes about freedom
567 quotes from 261 people
Germaine Greerborn 1939The Female Eunuch (1970), Introduction- Germaine Greerborn 1939The Times, London (1 February 1986)
Thích Nhất Hạnh1926–2022“Returning Home”, Shambhala Sun (March 2006)
Sam Harrisborn 1967Sam Harris, Drugs and the Meaning of Life (5 July 2011) [audio version]Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.
Friedrich Hayek1899–1992The Constitution of Liberty (1960), p. 83.- Friedrich Hayek1899–1992The Constitution of Liberty (1960), p. 79.
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
William Hazlitt1778–1830Political Essays (1819), “The Times Newspaper”- William Hazlitt1778–1830Political Essays (1819), Preface
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988Time Enough for Love (1973)- Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988On censorship, in The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950), p. 188
- Robert A. Heinlein1907–1988Statement to Judith Merril (1975), as quoted in William H. Patterson Jr., Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Vol. 2 (2014)
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Patrick Henry1736–1799Speech to the Second Virginia Convention, St. John’s Church, Richmond (23 March 1775), as given in William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1817). Nothing was written down at the time: Wirt rebuilt the speech from listeners’ recollections four decades later, so how much of the wording is Henry’s is disputedGuard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel.
Patrick Henry1736–1799Speech on the Federal Constitution, Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold.
