Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [61-80] of 371 Free Thought quotesFree Thought QuotesFree Thought Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength, The scorn of danger, and united hearts, The surest presage of the good they seek.~ William Cowper Absence of occupation is not rest,A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.~ William Cowper To be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.~ e. e. cummings It is up to you to decide whether or not you’re ready to be free, really free. This pertains to your relationship as well as your activities in the world. You are limitless, if you choose that! Your freedom comes from letting go. Freedom means empowerment to be, do, go, feel, whatever your heart tells you. Only you have kept yourself from having this freedom out of some misunderstanding of what your responsibilities really are. Your responsibilities are to your Self. Serve that truly, fully, and you serve All.~ Alma Daniel The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.~ Clarence S. Darrow ...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.~ Voltairine de Cleyre He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.~ Salvador de Madariaga He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.~ Salvador De Madariaga I know of but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.~ Alexis de Tocqueville Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things a different way.~ Edward Debono Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.~ Sir James Dewar Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society which is coming where everyone is interdependent.~ John Dewey The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity.~ John Dewey Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent…The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words.~ John G. Diefenbaker I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.~ John G. Diefenbaker Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.~ Benjamin Disraeli It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.~ Benjamin Disraeli [Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.~ Milovan Djilas Individuality is freedom lived.~ John Dos Passos Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print