Thomas Huxley Quotes

To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do what they do not want to do. It is perhaps true that those who can grow will feel free under any condition.

I was not born to be forced.

The problem with this world is that there isn't enough liberty and freedom.

I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls.

Man usually thinks liberty is the power of doing what he likes to do. That is license.

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part, I should be inclined to think freedom less necessary in the great things than in the little ones, if it were possible to be secure of the one without the other.

Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so he must have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other thing, so long as he does not injure others.

I do esteem individual liberty above everything.

I find freedom to be the most important issue facing any human being today, because without freedom, then life is pointless. The more dependent you become on centralized power, the more easily you are lead around.

Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.

Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.

All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.

Liberty consists in doing what one desires.

Freedom of choice can harm no one.

We have the right to be idiots.

I firmly believe in individual liberty more than anything else. And that you have to live the life you want for yourself.

Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.

The freedom of America is the freedom to live your own life and take your own chances.

The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains.

Freedom necessarily means that many things will be done which we do not like.

I think, there are people for whom freedom is a bigger, more important thing than stability.

I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty.