Freedom

The art of self-ownership and the courage to think

I never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose yours.

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.

Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.

What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for oneself.

Freedom lies in being bold.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.

Freedom is not the absence of restraint, but the presence of justice.

He who is brave is free.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.