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
Only free men can negotiate, prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
-Nelson Mandela
I am so happy in your happiness. To you, happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be free.
-Khalil Gibran
Freedom is realizing you have a choice.
-T. F. Hodge
"From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with The Divine Presence"
The secret of happiness is freedom but to be totally free you need to earn: courage, persistence and boldness.
-Santosh Kalwar
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
-Benjamin Franklin
Freedom is only the freedom to say no.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
-Albert Camus
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
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
-Bob Dylan
