People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
-Søren Kierkegaard
Quotations
Freedom
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.
-Joseph O'connor
"Star of the Sea"
So long as the state exists there is no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no state.
-Vladimir Lenin
A person’s freedom can be seen as being valuable in addition to his or her achievements.
-Amartya Sen
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
-Henry David Thoreau
Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
"Going Out"
If we sincerely want to become a liberated person, then we have to be willing to be independent in a world where so few truly think for themselves.
-Andrew Cohen "Andrew Cohen"
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
-William Allen White
