Famous Quotes

"To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism."

Herbert Read 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 Herbert Read

• "The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair."

• "To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism."

• "Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence."

• "The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough."

• "The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason."