Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
-Sigmund Freud
"Civilization and Its Discontents"
Quotations
Freedom
Nobody objected to live in prison
if already felt comfortable living in it.
-Toba Beta
"Master of Stupidity"
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
-Albert Camus
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
-A. J. Liebling
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.
-Victor Manuel Rivera
"In Search of True Freedom"
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
-Henry David Thoreau
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.
-Joseph O'connor
"Star of the Sea"
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
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
