There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.
-John Fowles
"The French Lieutenant's Woman "
Quotations
Freedom
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
-Søren Kierkegaard
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
-Thomas Jefferson
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
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
It is hard to find a man who has desire for what he has not tasted, or who tastes the world and is untouched. Here in the world some crave pleasure, some seek freedom but it is hard to find a man who wants neither. It is hard to find a man who has an open mind, who neither seeks nor shuns wealth or pleasure, duty or liberation, life or death…He does not want the world to end. He does not mind if it lasts. Whatever befalls him, He lives in happiness.
-Ashtavakra Gita "Ashtavakra Gita 17:4-7"
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Until we are all free, we are none of us free.
-Emma Lazarus
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
