Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
Quotations
Freedom
Ignorance is ultimately the worst enemy of a people who want to be free.
-Jonathan Hennessey
"The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation"
There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.
-John Fowles
"The French Lieutenant's Woman "
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
-Emma Lazarus
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
-Thomas Jefferson
So long as the state exists there is no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no state.
-Vladimir Lenin
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
Only free men can negotiate, prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
-Nelson Mandela
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
-Jean Paul Sartre
