quotations about freedom
The universal law of justice is: act externally in such a way that the free use of your will is compatible with the freedom of everyone according to a universal law.
IMMANUEL KANT
The Metaphysical Elements of Justice
The guerdon is priceless;
Up, up every land,
And know the true gladness
Of freedom of soul.
HORATIO STONE
Freedom
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other fastened about his own neck.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
speech, Oct. 1883
What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.
BRUCE BARTON
It's a Good Old World
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
"Me and Bobby McGee"
Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.
EMIL CIORAN
History & Utopia
Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.
NELSON MANDELA
speech, April 27, 1995