A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
Quotations
Freedom
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.
-Albert Camus
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
-William Faulkner
"Essays, Speeches & Public Letters"
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."
Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
...true freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
-Mortimer Jerome Adler
"How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information"
No person can do this or that to keep another from being truly free. We are always free. Even if imprisoned.
-Leigh LaValle
"The Runaway Countess"
The secret of happiness is freedom but to be totally free you need to earn: courage, persistence and boldness.
-Santosh Kalwar
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
-Ronald Reagan
