"If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world."She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom!" ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Scarlet Letter"."Nothing speaks so strongly of freedom as the fact that the descendants of those who went through great agony - which, thank Heaven, has passed away - have now full opportunities and can help celebrate my fifty years’ work for liberty." ― Susan B.I will not give up that which I have tasted." - Harvey Milk "Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used." ― Hunter S."A free bird leaps / on the back of the wind / and floats downstream / till the current ends / and dips his wing / in the orange sun rays / and dares to claim the sky." ― Maya Angelou, “The Complete Collected Poems”."Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ― Benjamin Franklin."Just living is not enough, one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." - Hans Christian Andersen, "The Complete Fairy Tales"."I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." ― Audre Lorde.That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it." ― Paulo Coelho, “Eleven Minutes” "No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone.Look at these thing, then you find yourself again" ― Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl" "I’ve found that there is always some beauty left - in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself these can all help you."Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." ― Mahatma Gandhi."And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: 'We will not go quietly into the night!'"- Bill Pullman as President Thomas Whitmore, "Independence Day"."I am no bird and no net ensnares me I am a free human being with an independent will." ― Charlotte Brontë, "Jane Eyre"."For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." ― Nelson Mandela."Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people." - Franklin D."We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it." ― William Faulkner, “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”. "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." ― George Orwell."Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves." ― Abraham Lincoln. "Freedom lies in being bold." ― Robert Frost."Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus."Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington."This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - Abraham Lincoln."One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one Nation, evermore!" - Oliver Wendell Holmes."Thought is free." - William Shakespeare, "The Tempest".“True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth." - Eleanor Roosevelt."He who is brave is free." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca."Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." -John F.Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be." - James Baldwin "Freedom is not something that anybody can be given."If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington.Don't ever count on having both at once." - Robert Heinlein "The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage." - Carrie Jones."Freedom is what we do with what is done to us." - Jean-Paul Sartre."May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right." - Peter Marshall.Liking what you do is happiness." ― Frank Tyger I am changing the things I cannot accept.” - Angela Davis
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