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
Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
-Emma Lazarus
So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice.
-Mike Norton
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
-Sigmund Freud
"Civilization and Its Discontents"
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
-Jim Morrison
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."
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
-Ambrose Bierce
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
-A. J. Liebling
