Quotes on Inspirational Freedom

Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

One day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.