Quotes about freedom
567 quotes from 261 people
Vladimir Lenin1870–1924Party Organization and Party Literature (1905), Lenin Anthology, 151I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
William Morris1834–1896The Decorative Arts (1877)The fear of freedom is strong in us. We call it chaos or anarchy, and the words are threatening.
Germaine Greerborn 1939The Female Eunuch (1970), Introduction
Upton Sinclair1878–1968Love’s Pilgrimage (1911)
Langston Hughes1901–1967“Let America Be America Again” (1935)
Edward R. Murrow1908–1965See It Now (1954)
Jawaharlal Nehru1889–1964“A Tryst with Destiny” speech, Constituent Assembly, New Delhi (14 August 1947)
Virginia Woolf1882–1941Orlando: A Biography (1928), Ch. 2
Joan Miró1893–1983As quoted by P. Bourcier in Les Nouvelles littéraires (1968)
John Adams1735–1826Letter to William Tudor, Jr., 20 November 1819. Partially quoted in Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (2000) by Joseph J. Ellis, p. 240Today, freedom is on the offensive, democracy is on the march.
Douglas MacArthur1880–1964Victory broadcast (1945)Freedom stretches only as far as the limits of our consciousness.
Carl Jung1875–1961Paracelsus the Physician (1942)When I invented the web, I didn’t have to ask anyone’s permission.
Tim Berners-Leeborn 1955Berners-Lee T., Net Neutrality: This is Serious (June 2006)The love of liberty is a common blood that flows in our American veins.
Jimmy Carter1924–2024Farewell Address (January 1981)
