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Liberation17 quotes
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be. — James Baldwin · 1961Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? — Lord Byron · 1818I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. — Simone de Beauvoir · 1945I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. — God · 1405 BCAll 17 quotes →Freedom8 quotes
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel: "Let my people go!" — Moses · 1956Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be. — James Baldwin · 1961Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? — Lord Byron · 1818It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. — Tyler Durden · 1999You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968All 8 quotes →Deliverance of Israel2 quotes
I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. — God · 1405 BCI have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey. — Exodus 3:8 · 1405 BCInterconnectedness of all people2 quotes
We have to be people who set each other free. — Harry Hay · 1998You will never be free until we are free. — Desmond Tutu · 1999Nothing to lose2 quotes
It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. — Tyler Durden · 1999You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Oppression2 quotes
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — Steve Biko · 1971You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Desperation1 quote
You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power-he's free again. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968Liberation from suffering1 quote
This noble eightfold path…right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right contemplation. — The Pali Canon · 250 BCMusic1 quote
Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. — Frederick Douglass · 1845Nature of freedom1 quote
Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be. — James Baldwin · 1961Personal liberation1 quote
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? — Lord Byron · 1818Raising consciousness1 quote
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — Steve Biko · 1971Slave songs1 quote
Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. — Frederick Douglass · 1845Slavery1 quote
Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. — Frederick Douglass · 1845The human condition1 quote
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Tools of oppression1 quote
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. — Steve Biko · 1971