Baldwin James 1924-1987
Nobody Knows My Name
Freedom is not something that anybody can be
given; freedom is something people take and
people are as free as they want to be.
Baruch Bernard 1870-1965
The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
Bonaparte Napoleon 1822-1891
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.
Boyd-Orr Lord 1880-1971
If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches.
Burns Robert 1759-1796
‘The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer'
Freedom and Whisky gan thegither!
Cowper William 1731-1800
‘Table Talk'
Freedom has a thousand charms to show,
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
Crossman R.H.S. 1907-1974
The main task of a free society is to civilize the struggle for power. Slavery of the acquiescent majority to the ruthless few is the hereditary state of
mankind; freedom, a rarely-acquired characteristic.
Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803-1882
Outside, among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom!
Gandhi Mahatma 1869-1948
Non-Violence in Peace and War
The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters
fall. He frees himself and shows the way to others. Freedom and slavery are mental states.
George Daniel
The Perpetual Pessimist
O Freedom, what liberties are taken in thy name!
Hoffer Eric 1902-1983
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Huxley Aldous 1894-1963
Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance.
JUNIUS
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However distinguished by rank or property, in the rights of freedom we are all equal.
Kierkegaard Sören 1813-1855
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
Kierkegaard Sören 1813-1855
People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought; instead they demand freedom of speech as a compensation.
King Martin Luther 1929-1968
The Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.
Kipling Rudyard 1865-1936
For All We Have and Are
There is but one task for all -
For each one life to give.
What stands if freedom fall?
Who dies if England live?
Kristofferson Kris
‘Me and Bobby McGee'
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free.
Laing R.D. 1927-1989
The Politics of Experience
The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances ... In the name of our freedom and our brotherhood we are prepared to blow up the other half of mankind and to be blown up in turn.
Lawrence T.E. 1888-1935
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my handsand wrote my will across the sky in stars
To earn you freedom, the seven pillared worthy house, that your eyes might be shining for me
When we came.
Lenin 1870-1924
State and Revolution
While the State exists, there can be no freedom.
When there is freedom there will be no State.
LIEBLING A.J. 1904-1963
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth.
Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865
We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Lippmann Walter 1899-1974
While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.
Livy (Titus Livius) 59 BC-AD17
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
Locke John 1632-1704
Second Treatise of Civil Government
[That] ill deserves the name of confinement which hedges us in only from bogs and precipices. So that, however it may be mistaken, the end of law is, not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
Luxemburg Rosa 1871-1919
Die Russische Revolution
Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for
the one who thinks differently.
Madam Geoffrey 1895-1947
Conservative ideal of freedom and progress: everyone to have an
unfettered opportunity of remaining exactly where they are.
Metternich Prince 1773-1859
Mein Politisches Testament
The word ‘freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word ‘order'.
Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.
Milton John 1608-1674
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates
None can love freedom heartily, but good men;
the rest love not freedom, but licence.
Mottoes and Slogans
(motto, the French Revolution)
Liberté! Égalité! Fraternité!
Freedom! Equality! Brotherhoog!
Murdoch Dame Iris 1919-
‘The Sublime and the Beautiful Revisited'
Freedom is not choosing; that is merely the
move that we make when all is already lost.
Freedom is knowing and understanding and
respecting things quite other than ourselves.
Nietzsche Friedrich 1844-1900
I understand by ‘freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.
Orwell George 1903-1950
Nineteen Eighty-Four
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.
Page William Tyler 1868-1942
American's Creed
A perfect Union,one and inseparable,established upon those
principles of freedom,equality,justice,and humanity for which
American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
Paine Thomas 1737-1809
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Pankhurst Dame Christabel 1880-1958
Votes for Women
We are here to claim our right as women, not only to be free, but to fight for freedom. That it is our right as well as our duty.
Péguy Charles 1873-1914
Basic Verities
Tyranny is always better organised than freedom.
Pitt William (The Younger) 1759-1806
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Popper Sir Karl 1902-1994
The Open Society and its Enemies
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
Sartre Jean-Paul 1905-1980
Once freedom lights its beacon in a man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.
Sassoon Siegfried 1886-1967
‘Everyone Sang'
Everyone suddenly burst out singing;
And I was filled with such delight
As prisoned birds must find in freedom.
Swaffer Hannen 1879-1962
Freedom of the press in Britain means freedom to print such of the proprietor's prejudices as the advertisers don't object to.
Symonds John Addington 1840-1893
These things shall be! A loftier race
Than e'er the world hath known shall rise,
With flame of freedom in their souls,
And light of knowledge in their eyes.
Tocqueville Alexis de 1805-1859
L'Ancien régime
Despots themselves do not deny that freedom is excellent; only they desire it for themselves alone, and they maintain that everyone else
is altogether unworthy of it.
Trudeau Pierre Elliott
The democracy which embodies and guarantees our freedom is not powerless, passive or blind, nor is it in retreat. It has no intention of giving way to the savage fantasies of its adversaries. It is not prepared to give advance blessing to its own destruction.
Twain Mark 1835-1910
Following the Equator
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Willkie Wendell 1892-1944
One World
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they agree with us or not, no
matter what their race or colour of their skin.
Wylie Philip
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
Rochester John Wilmot, Earl of 1647-1680
‘A Ramble in St James' Park'
... Natural freedoms are but just:
There's something generous in mere lust.
Roosevelt Franklin D. 1882-1945
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.