Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
-Emma Lazarus
Quotations
Freedom
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
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"
Freedom cannot be labeled nor won nor envied. Only when one doesn't realize what freedom is, is one truly free.
-D. J. Niko
"The Tenth Saint: Book One"
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
-Nelson Mandela
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
-Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.
-Anonymous
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
-William Faulkner
"Essays, Speeches & Public Letters"
