“Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.”
More from Nelson Mandela on Freedom
“Crime must be brought under control... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all.”
“When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.”
“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.”
“When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime.”
“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”
“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
“There is no such thing as part freedom.”
Others on Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
8 quotes“no people can be both ignorant and free.”
Eisenhower
7 quotes“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lackin...”
Epictetus
7 quotes“You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
6 quotes“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
Thomas Paine
6 quotes“For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.”
Malcolm X
6 quotes“You are either free or not free”
Frederick Douglass
6 quotes“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”
Spinoza
6 quotes“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.”
James Madison
6 quotes“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.”
Ronald Reagan
5 quotes“Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty”
Jean-Paul Sartre
5 quotes“...freedom only gives you something to be sorry for.”
Cicero
5 quotes“We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.”