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Quotes About Freedom

I have served one idea, marched under one banner - war against all imposed authority - against every kind of deprivation of freedom, in the name of the absolute independence of the individual.
~ Alexander Herzen
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity
~ John Adams
Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.
~ Chris Rock
The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another.
~ Dmitry Pisarev
Loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.
~ Soseki Natsume
Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.
~ Maria Montessori
Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.
~ Pierre Beaumarchais
Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner.
~ Peter Senge
Freedom and independence is my character.
~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.
~ John Adams
Injustice in the end produces independence.
~ Voltaire
Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
~ Abraham Lincoln
An angry enemy encroached on our lives, our territory, our freedom and our independence.
~ Petro Poroshenko
Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of liberty.
~ Louis D. Brandeis
For me a simple message, to think and act with courage, independence and imagination.
~ Albert Einstein
Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.
~ Margaret J. Wheatley
I like independence, I like creating my own world, not being in a system. There are more possibilities, I think.
~ Juliette Binoche
Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
~ Barbara Sher
Follow your own weird.
~ James Broughton
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.
~ Saadi
If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.
~ George Washington
Like a butterfly stuck in a chrysalis, waiting for the perfect moment, I was waiting for the day I could burst forth and fly away and find my home.
~ Emme Rollins, Dear Rockstar
Cycling also offers a sense of independence, of being able to get up and go wherever and whenever you want. That's invaluable.
~ Adrian Bell
No one can be free unless he is independent... In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence.
~ Maria Montessori