Freedom

"Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters." - Frederick Douglass ...

"To be truly free does not at all mean doing everything that pleases me, or doing what I want to do. . . . To be truly free means to use one's own freedom for what is a true good."           ...

"A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed." - Barbara Deming ...

‘We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” - Martin Luther King Jr ...

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.” ― Martin Luther ...

"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in...and how many want out." - Tony Blair ...

"By overthrowing me, you have only defeated the trunk of the tree of freedom; it will grow back because its roots are deep, numerous and vivacious." - Toussaint Louverture ...

“The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar ...

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." - Jean-Paul Sartre ...

"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus ...