7,738 Quotes About Freedom


  • Author Andreas Kalvos
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    Let those who feelthe heavy brazen hand of fearbear slavery:freedom needs virtue,needs daring.She (for myth may veilthe spirit of truth) lent wingsto Icarus – and though he fell,and his wings drownedbeneath the waves,he fell from great heightsand still died free. Should youdie like a sheep, dishonored,at the hands of a tyrant,your grave will be an abomination.

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  • Author David Graeber
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    Yet for some reason, we as a society havecollectively decided it’s better to have millions of human beings spending years oftheir lives pretending to type into spreadsheets or preparing mind maps for PR meetings than freeing them to knit sweaters, play with their dogs, start a garage band, experiment with new recipes, or sit in cafés arguing about politics, and gossiping about their friends’ complex polyamorous love affairs.

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  • Author L.M. Montgomery
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    There is no such thing as freedom on earth," he said. "Only different kinds of bondages. And comparative bondages. YOU think you are free now because you've escaped from a peculiarly unbreakable kind of bondage. But are you? You love me - THAT'S a bondage.

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  • Author John G. Diefenbaker
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    I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.

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