Quotes about Freedom
It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think, to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.
- Herbert Hoover
The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
- John Quincy Adams
It is a maxim that no man was ever enslaved by influence while he was fit to be free.
- Samuel Johnson
All men are created equal.
- Thomas Jefferson
All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson
If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . . only through discipline may a man learn to be free.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend.
- George W. Bush
People are not to be driven and you can put into a gnat's eye all the souls of the children of men that are driven into heaven by preaching hell-fire.
- Brigham Young
A craving for freedom and independence is generated only in a man still living on hope.
- Albert Camus
Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land; Ring in the Christ that is to be.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men.
- Ayn Rand
The man who loves his wife above all else on earth gains the freedom and power to pursue other noble, but lesser, loves.
- David Jeremiah