Quote Genre: Freedom

Oprah Winfrey – ‘I have crossed over on the b…

‘I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer and Madame C.J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free and I know … Continue reading

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Francois Voltaire – ‘Man is free at the moment he…

‘Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.’

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Unknown – ‘Live Free or Die’…

‘Live Free or Die’

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Harry S. Truman – ‘Everybody has the right to e…

‘Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That of course lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one then you ought to be taken in.’

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Epicurus – ‘A free life cannot acquire m…

‘A free life cannot acquire many possessions because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs….’

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General Dwight David Eisenhower – ‘History does not long entrus…

‘History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.’

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Albert Einstein – ‘Everything that is really gr…

‘Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.’

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Charles Dickens – ‘I only ask to be free. The b…

‘I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies!’

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Robyn Davidson – ‘To be free one needs constan…

‘To be free one needs constant and unrelenting vigilance over ones weaknesses. A vigilance which requires a moral energy most of us are incapable of manufacturing. We relax back into the moulds of habit. They are secure they bind us … Continue reading

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C. Donald Dallas – ‘Freedom is no heritage. Pres…

‘Freedom is no heritage. Preservation of freedom is a fresh challenge and a fresh conquest for each generation. It is based on the religious concept of the dignity of man. The discovery that man is free is the greatest discovery … Continue reading

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