A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Quotations
Freedom
Nobody objected to live in prison
if already felt comfortable living in it.
-Toba Beta
"Master of Stupidity"
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Freedom is never given; it is won.
-A. Philip Randolph
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
-William Allen White
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
-Henry David Thoreau
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"
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."
