freedom Quotes (28)

“Books won't stay banned... Ideas won't go to jail... The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.”

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

“The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.”

“Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.”

“They who can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”

“In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.”

“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

“All is mystery; but he is a slave who will not struggle to penetrate the dark veil.”

“Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.”

“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.”

“The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.”

“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”

“A forest bird never wants a cage.”

“The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.”

“The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.”

“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.”

“Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.”

“The freedom of man, I contend, is the freedom to eat.”

“The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.”

“Love must not entreat, nor demand.”

“Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?”

“Repression will provoke rebellion.”

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

“Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.”

“He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.”

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”