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
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."
Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
"Going Out"
There are people who are willing to protect freedom until there is nothing left of it.
-Heinar Kipphardt
"In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer"
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
-Bob Dylan
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
-Aristotle
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
-Kris Kristofferson
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
-Benjamin Franklin
There is freedom in stepping out and taking risks when you know at any given moment, you can always begin again.
-Eva Gregory
