Quotes About Freedom

Rakyat kami tidak takut mati. Lebih baik mati untuk kemerdekaan daripada hidup dalam kematian.

Dari pertumpahan darah ini, dimana banyaj saudara-saudaraku menjadi korban, terbukti bahwa Indonesia tidak pernah menyerah. Kami tidak mau mengalah terhadap kolonialisme kembali, TIDAK!

Freedom is too abstract a concept: You can't eat it, fuck it, sit under it when it rains or even do very much with it besides get in trouble and have it taken away from you again. Most

It has been forever that people aspire towards liberty and rejoiced averytime they lost it. The mortals never loved with passion except those who handcuffed them . And whom they turn into myth? The executioners of their freedom

Geboren in een gevangenis, met lasten op onze schouders en onze gedachten, zouden wij niet in staat zijn het einde van een dag te halen als de mogelijkheid er een einde aan te maken ons niet aanspoorde om de volgende dag opnieuw te beginnen... De ketens en de verstikkende lucht van deze wereld ontnemen ons alles, behalve de vrijheid onszelf te doden; en deze vrijheid blaast ons zo'n kracht en een hoogmoed in dat ze zegeviert over de gewichten die ons verpletteren.

Plotinus befriended a Roman senator who had freed his slaves, renounced his wealth, and who ate and slept at the houses of friends, for he no longer owned anything. This senator, from the "official" point of view, was deranged, and his case would be regarded as distressing, which indeed it was: a saint in the senate.... His presence, even his possibility—what an omen! The hordes were not far....

Que la locura no siga pagando el fielato al espíritu, sino que invada a sus anchas todo el territorio de la mente!

Para usted que ya no la tiene, la libertad es todo. Para nosotros que sí, es meramente una ilusión.

STAY WEIRD, DON'T LET OTHERS DEFINE YOU"

The truth wouldn't set her free. Far from it. The truth was a Pandora's box and she had to keep the lid firmly closed

For so many years, she'd followed a prescription that she'd trusted would result in a beautiful life. Girls don't fight back. They don't get angry. They don't demand things—especially not from men. They are loyal and faithful and quiet and trusting. But slowly, surely, all of those rules had unraveled. It was time to release. To let go. This was why she'd come here.

It was like learning to ride the bike; I felt myself taking off, the freedom of going places I couldn't have gone before, and it was easy.

Who is he who walks always beside you? No-fucking-body, thank you very much. I walk alone.

When only cops have guns, it's called a police state.

The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a well-cared-for herd animal. Thinking people become the tyrant's greatest enemies.

We were so glad to be away from the house. On the way home we stopped and had a sandwich at Bernice's restaurant and she insisted we stay overnight the rest of the week with her. Gratefully, we accepted. We only went back to the house to feed the dogs.

You are the boss of your knitting and can do what you like; there is no "wrong" in knitting as long as you are pleased with the results.

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there.

You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.

The pursuit of truth shall set you free - even if you never catch up with it.