7,738 Quotes About Freedom

A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.

The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.

I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.

But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

I'm single because I was born that way.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.