Famous Quotes

"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom."

Roald Dahl 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 Roald Dahl

• "When I walked to school in the mornings I would start out alone but would pick up four other boys along the way. We would set out together after school across the village green."

• "A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not."

• "Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home."

• "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."