Quotes about freedom
567 quotes from 261 people
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Augustine of Hippo354–430The City of God, Book IV, ch. 3If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, 52 (3 March 1919).
Elbert Hubbard1856–1915Essay on Booker T. Washington, Little Journeys (1908), p. 21Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free — he is in his own trap.
L. Ron Hubbard1911–1986“Honest People Have Rights, Too” (February 8, 1960).
Langston Hughes1901–1967“Let America Be America Again” (1935)I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.Langston Hughes1901–1967“Democracy” (poem, also titled “Freedom”)Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
Hubert Humphrey1911–1978Address to the National Student Council (1965)The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.
Henrik Ibsen1828–1906The Pillars of Society (1877), Act IV- Henrik Ibsen1828–1906Letter to Georg Brandes (17 February 1871), as translated in Henrik Ibsen: Björnstjerne Björnson. Critical Studies (1899) by Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
I must stand quite alone, if I am to understand myself and everything about me.
