Quotes about Freedom
How much does free cost?
- Thomas Jefferson
Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.
- Seneca
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered
- Cicero
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.
- Muhammad Ali
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
- Bob Marley
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
- Nelson Mandela
The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing
- John Adams
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
- Pope John Paul II
The Negro's great stumbling block in the drive toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.
- Bill Gates