7,738 Quotes About Freedom

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys.

It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.

The main objects of all science, the freedom and happiness of man. . . . [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government.(A plaque with this quotation, with the first phrase omitted, is in the stairwell of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.)

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights).

Like many others, I grew up in an age that preached liberty and built slave camps.

The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid

They were men, and free. I was a woman, and a slave. And that’s a chasm no amount of sentimental chit-chat about shared imprisonment should be allowed to obscure.

I love the freedom of my wings. I love the empty space above the ground. I rejoice in my freedom. Freedom is my religion. Peace is my God. Love is my worship.

In a battle between force and an idea, the latter always prevails.