William Faulkner Quotes

I believe that all people aspire to be free.

The individual is greater than the state.

I believe everybody got the right to live their own life the way they want to.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Our job is to make people free.

Liberty is not collective. It is personal.

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

Freedom is the English subject's prerogative.

There is nothing as important as freedom and independence.

The life my people want is a life of freedom.

I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.

I believe in individual freedom and right to decide how and with whom I will live my life.

Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.

No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

You were born free by accident. You live free by choice. To die free is your responsibility.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.

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

I would contend that we place no other value above the right to be free. We will die for our freedom. In fact, we believe freedom is sufficiently important that we will even die so that others around the globe might be free.