He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
-Aristotle
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom is only the freedom to say no.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
-Sigmund Freud
"Civilization and Its Discontents"
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.
-Carl Schurz
I am so happy in your happiness. To you, happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be free.
-Khalil Gibran
Just an intention to be free makes you immediately free.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Freedom is never given; it is won.
-A. Philip Randolph
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"
