John Dewey Quotes

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.

I think coming out, for me, is really about tearing down the prison wall.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

… true emancipation begins neither at the polls nor in the courts. It begins in woman's soul. History tells us that every oppressed class gained true liberation from its masters through its own efforts.

To have found a great people sunk in the lowest depths of slavery and superstition, to have so ruled them as to have made them desirous and capable of all the privileges of citizens, would indeed be a title to glory all our own.

The much abused “shopkeepers” have abolished slavery and serfdom, made woman the companion of man with equal rights, proclaimed equality before the law and freedom of thought and opinion, declared war on war, abolished torture, and mitigated the cruelty of punishment. What cultural force can boast of similar achievements?

… the best way to aid the human being to emancipate himself is to educate him

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

I think there's a freedom in freeing yourself of the baggage of ability.

A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!

Shaking off restrictive chains requires action. They cannot be wished away. A declaration will never break chains. It requires commitment, self-discipline, and work.

Tell others about the truth that sets you free.

Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you'll be free at last.

The best way to progress is the path of freedom.

Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.

The chains of a slave are broken the moment he considers himself a free man.

The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free.

From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines.