Famous Quotes

"You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists."

Abbie Hoffman on Freedom

More quotes about Freedom

• "Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."

  Ronald Reagan on Freedom

• "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 on Freedom

• "If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower on Freedom

• "I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."

  Robert A. Heinlein on Freedom

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

  Mahatma Gandhi on Freedom

More quotes by Abbie Hoffman

• "Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them."

• "Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions."

• "Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions."

• "Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them."

• "The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do."