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The cry for freedom is a sign of suppression. It will not cease to ring as long as man feels himself captive.
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957The Mass Psychology of Fascism (enlarged 3rd ed., 1942), Ch. 10: Work Democracy
Your life will be good and secure when aliveness will mean more to you than security; love more than money; your freedom more than party line or public opinion.
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957Listen, Little Man! (1948)
- Love
- Money
You are “free” only in one sense: free from education in governing your life yourself, free from self-criticism.
Wilhelm Reich1897–1957Listen, Little Man! (1948)
I love our country. I believe that our Constitution was inspired by Providence. I am convinced that freedom itself is dependent on the strength and vitality of our national character.
Mitt Romneyborn 1947Senate remarks on the Trump impeachment trial (2020)
- Patriotism
We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936)
- Faith
- Hope
There can be no constitutional democracy in any community which denies to the individual his freedom to speak and worship as he wishes.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Fireside Chat (24 June 1938)
- Democracy
In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want … everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear … anywhere in the world.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945State of the Union Address (6 January 1941)
- Liberty
When I was first in Czechoslovakia, it occurred to me that I work in a society where as a writer everything goes and nothing matters, while for the Czech writers I met in Prague, nothing goes and everything matters.
Philip Roth1933–2018The Paris Review, “The Art of Fiction No. 84”, interview by Hermione Lee (1984)
- Writing
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778Often credited to Daniel Webster
- Liberty
- Virtue
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IIn context
- Liberty
Tranquillity is found also in dungeons; but is that enough to make them desirable places to live in?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IVIn context
- Liberty
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For him who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man’s nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IVIn context
- Liberty
- Morality
The right of slavery is null and void, not only as being illegitimate, but also because it is absurd and meaningless. The words slave and right contradict each other, and are mutually exclusive.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IVIn context
- Slavery
While, legally and constitutionally, speech may be free, the space in which that freedom can be exercised has been snatched from us and auctioned to the highest bidders.
Arundhati Royborn 1961An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire (2005), p. 48
What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
Salman Rushdieborn 1947Imaginary Homelands p. 391 (1992)