Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
-Jean Paul Sartre
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."
Nobody objected to live in prison
if already felt comfortable living in it.
-Toba Beta
"Master of Stupidity"
The only way to achieve freedom is to free your mind from the world we live in.
-Salvatore Palladino
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
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
-Henry David Thoreau
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
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
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
-Sigmund Freud
"Civilization and Its Discontents"
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"
