Quotes about freedom
567 quotes from 261 people
Augustine of Hippo354–430The City of God, Book IV, ch. 3
Earl Warren1891–1974United States v. Robel, 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
W. E. B. Du Bois1868–1963John Brown: A Biography (1909): “The Legacy of John Brown”
Frederick Douglass1817–1895Our Composite Nationality (1869)No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
James Madison1751–1836“Political Observations” (1795-04-20)There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence.
Robert G. Ingersoll1833–1899The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together.
Barack Obamaborn 1961A New Beginning (June 2009)Freedom of Nature is, to be under no other restraint but the Law of Nature.
John Locke1632–1704Second Treatise of Civil Government (1690), Ch. IV, sec. 22Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.
Nelson Mandela1918–2013Our March to Freedom is Irreversible (1990)You long for freedom? You fools! If you took might, freedom would come of itself.
Max Stirner1806–1856The Ego and Its Own (1844), Cambridge 1995 ed., p. 151
Paulo Coelhoborn 1947Eleven Minutes (2003), p. 97.- Robert G. Ingersoll1833–1899The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
Ulysses S. Grant1822–1885Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885), Conclusion
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957The Mass Psychology of Fascism (enlarged 3rd ed., 1942), Ch. 10: Work Democracy
