Inspirational Freedom Quotes

• Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

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• One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Sunset, Men

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

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• Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strength, Peace, Children

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

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• Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

  Albert Einstein

  Motivational, Education, Freedom

  Albert Einstein (1970). “Out of my later years”, Greenwood Pub Group

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• Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

  Moshe Dayan

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Moshe Dayan (1992). “Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life”, Da Capo Press

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• America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

  Harry S. Truman

  Courage, Determination, Jobs

  Harry S. Truman (1967). “The Quotable Harry S. Truman”, Anderson, S.C. : Droke House, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

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• Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Flower

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• Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Happiness, Peace, Freedom

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• To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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  After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Twitter post from Oct 27, 2015

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• We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Mar 01, 2017

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  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

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Memorial Day, Freedom, 4th Of July

  Elbert Hubbard (1908). “Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Booker T. Washington. Thomas Arnold. Erasmus. Hypatia. St. Benedict. Mary Baker Eddy”

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• Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Freedom, Mistake, Struggle

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Freedom, Our Veterans

  Labor Day Address at Liberty State Park, delivered 1 September 1980, Jersey City, New Jersey

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• No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

  Nelson Mandela

  Wisdom, Hate, Education And Freedom

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2016

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  When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Inspiring, Women, 4th Of July

  Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights

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• The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.

  T. S. Eliot

  Travel, Adventure, Science

  Four Quartets "Little Gidding" pt. 5 (1942)

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• Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Life, Hate, Heart

  1994 LongWalk to Freedom.

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• Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

  C. Wright Mills

  Inspirational, Freedom, Opportunity

  C. Wright Mills (2000). “The Sociological Imagination”, p.174, Oxford University Press

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• I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Education, Teacher, Freedom

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• One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Freedom, Attitude, Positive Thinking

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