freedom Quotes

. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule... ...

Someone who can be, and therefore is, owned by another, and who understands reason but doesn't fully possess it, is a natural slave.

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

If freedom and equality are found mostly in a democracy, they will be best achieved when everyone equally participates in government as much as possible.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man. But the principle... ...