We gain freedom when we have paid the full price for our right to live.
-Rabindranath Tagore
Quotations
Freedom
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.
-Victor Manuel Rivera
"In Search of True Freedom"
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"
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
-Søren Kierkegaard
When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.
-Joel Salatin
"Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front"
The only way to achieve freedom is to free your mind from the world we live in.
-Salvatore Palladino
Freedom begins the moment you realize someone else has been writing your story and it's time you took the pen from his hand and started writing it yourself.
-Bill Moyers
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
-Albert Camus
