A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
-Kris Kristofferson
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Freedom is never given; it is won.
-A. Philip Randolph
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.
-Joel Salatin
"Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front"
Freedom is not an individual effort.
Yours comes only when you grant others theirs
-Sergio Aragonés
"The Groo Chronicles"
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
-Malcolm X
So long as the state exists there is no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no state.
-Vladimir Lenin
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
-John F. Kennedy
"Kennedy's Inaugural address of 1961."
