218 Best Freedom Quotes

To be free. Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world. – Genie
Aladdin Freedom Desire servitude Value
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. – Winston Smith
1984 Freedom Truth Reality Individuality Defiance
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. – O'Brien
1984 Freedom Happiness control Power Security
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin. – John the Savage
Brave New World Freedom Individuality Suffering Religion Morality
A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude.
Brave New World totalitarianism control Happiness Freedom servitude
But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.
Brave New World Freedom Humanity Suffering Religion Individuality
She had not known this pleasure of giving vent to her feelings, she had not known the joy of taking a decision, she had not known this sense of moving forward somewhere, she had not known this strictness towards herself and this tenderness for others—and all this was new and sweet.
Anna Karenina Transformation Freedom Emotion Self-Discovery
To define is to limit.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Philosophy identity Freedom limitation Essence
I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.
The Stranger Absurdity Indifference Nature Freedom
It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe.
The Stranger Absurdity Anger Freedom Hope Indifference
I had been right, I was still right, I was always right. I had lived my life one way and I could just as well have lived it another. I had done this and I hadn't done that. I hadn't done this thing but I had done another. And so?
The Stranger Absurdity meaninglessness Freedom Authenticity
What did other people's deaths or a mother's love matter to me; what did his God or the lives people choose or the fate they think they elect matter to me...?
The Stranger Indifference Freedom Choice Meaning
Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore. – Faber
Fahrenheit 451 Self-Reliance Action Knowledge Freedom
They were gone. The Hound was gone. Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything.
Fahrenheit 451 Rebirth Freedom Nature Escape
If God does not exist, everything is permitted. – Ivan Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov God Morality Nihilism Freedom Existentialism
Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another. – Sethe
Beloved Freedom identity self-possession
When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.
Invisible Man identity Freedom self-knowledge
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi Freedom Mistakes Learning Humanity
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. – Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill Defiance War Freedom Resolve sacrifice
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. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Responsibility Respect Community Humanity
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Success Freedom Opportunity Economics enterprise
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Forgiveness Freedom Liberation bitterness prison
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Journey Perseverance Struggle Perspective
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Struggle sacrifice Journey Perseverance
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela press democracy Freedom media Accountability
Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Unity solidarity Justice Interconnectedness
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. – Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Freedom Responsibility Respect Community Humanity
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Freedom Justice Equality liberty
I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. – Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln democracy Freedom Equality Power
As I would not be a slave, I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. – Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln democracy Freedom Equality Power
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt mind Fate Freedom Attitude Perseverance
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom Security Economics Independence dictatorship
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Education Knowledge Freedom Government Intellectualism
So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause. – Padmé Amidala
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith Politics Power Freedom corruption
Dobby has no master! Dobby is a free elf! – Dobby
Harry Potter Freedom Loyalty Rebellion self-determination
I'm a peacock, captain! You gotta let me fly!
Talladega Nights Freedom Ambition Humor
The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules. – The Joker
The Joker The Dark Knight Rules anarchy Freedom
The question isn't "what are we going to do," the question is "what aren't we going to do?" – Ferris Bueller
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Adventure Freedom Carpe Diem
Everyone deserves the chance to fly! – Elphaba
Wicked Freedom Equality Hope
I think I’ll try defying gravity. – Elphaba
Wicked Rebellion Freedom Self-Belief
You asked me what I want. I, too, want to stand in front of the Emperor as a free man. – Juba
Gladiator Freedom Dignity Hope slavery
I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me! – Kevin McCallister
Home Alone Freedom Rebellion Independence Humor
Long live the fighters! – Paul Atreides
Dune Rebellion War Freedom Fremen
Come, we fly! – Winifred Sanderson
Hocus Pocus Magic Freedom flight Broomstick
I'm free! I'm free! And now I'll have my revenge! – Winifred Sanderson
Hocus Pocus Freedom revenge Power villain
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people. – V
V for Vendetta revolution Power Government Freedom
Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us, but within that inch, we are free. – Valerie
V for Vendetta Integrity Freedom identity sacrifice
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the world turns and that things get better. – Valerie
V for Vendetta Hope Freedom sacrifice Love
I will not hide my tastes or my desires. I will celebrate them, and let the sin be on the heads of those who would condemn me. – V
V for Vendetta Individuality Freedom Defiance Society
The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. – V
V for Vendetta Past Trauma Healing Freedom
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