Quotes about freedom
567 quotes from 261 people
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Malcolm X1925–1965Speech in Detroit, Michigan (12 April 1964)
George Orwell1903–1950“You and the Atom Bomb”, Tribune (19 October 1945). Reprinted in George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose 1946–1950 (2000) by Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus, p. 9.
Samuel Adams1722–1803Essay, written under the pseudonym “Candidus,” in The Boston Gazette (14 October 1771), later published in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865) by William Vincent Wells, p. 425
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936)
James Madison1751–1836Speech at the Virginia Convention to ratify the Federal Constitution (6 June 1788)
Arthur Miller1915–20051963 interview, used in The Century of the Self (2002)
Aleister Crowley1875–1947The Book of the Law (1904), III:60The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamsonborn 1952A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles” (1992), Ch. 7: Work, §3: Personal Power, p. 190 (p. 165 in some editions)If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.
Ronald Reagan1911–2004A Time for Choosing (1964)We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
Karl Popper1902–1994The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), Vol. 1, Notes to the Chapters: Ch. 7, Note 4
George Washington1732–1799General Orders, New York (2 July 1776)
Sam Harrisborn 1967Sam Harris, Drugs and the Meaning of Life (5 July 2011) [audio version]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
