Germaine Greer Quotes

All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all thought control and conditioning is, therefore, a denial of that in men which makes them men and their values ultimate.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

I can't control everybody's mind.

For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.

I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.

People can dress you the way they want, they can do your makeup the way they want, but they can never take away your voice.

I wouldn't play together with someone who likes to control everything like me.

One doesn't want one's identity coerced.

I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.

I'd rather control someone than be controlled.

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.

The free, self-determining, self-developing soul may not walk its own path, however innocently, but must fit into the scheme and pattern …

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe.

Liberty is the great developer.

We must form men so that they can only will what we wish them to will.

Nobody wants to feel controlled or treated like a child.

I don't want anyone controlling me.

We should give people the freedom to express who they are.

I'm not here to be a puppet, if you will.

Mankind is at its best when it is most free.