Quotes about freedom
567 quotes from 261 people
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)- David Lloyd George1863–1945International Liberal Conference (July 1928)
John Locke1632–1704Second Treatise of Government, Ch. VI, sec. 57Freedom 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. 22I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
Audre Lorde1934–1992The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism (1981)- Audre Lorde1934–1992Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response, p. 75
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
Rosa Luxemburg1871–1919The Russian Revolution (1918), Chapter Six, “The Problem of Dictatorship”No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
Douglas MacArthur1880–1964Title of speech to the people of Japan, May 3, 1948, upon the first anniversary of the Japanese constitution. MacArthur, A Soldier Speaks (1965), p. 194. Francis T. Miller, General Douglas MacArthur, Fighter for Freedom (1942), p. 1, wrote, “[MacArthToday, freedom is on the offensive, democracy is on the march.
Douglas MacArthur1880–1964Victory broadcast (1945)Slavery is, as you justly complain, a sad blot on our free country.
James Madison1751–1836Letter to Lafayette (1821)Where slavery exists, the republican theory becomes still more fallacious.
James Madison1751–1836Vices of the Political System of the United States (April 1787), Papers 9:350-51- James Madison1751–1836Madison’s notes (25 August 1787)
