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“Please stop acting like you don’t know what this is. He murdered two people. And will walk free. You’ve never in your life heard of a POC that killed two people and got to walk free. #WhitePrivilege”
Kyle Rittenhouse (born 2003) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 19 November 2021 tweet she later deleted (see archive) by Malynda Hale
Also quoted by: Malynda Hale
“If we [lawyers] are corruption-free, the whole country will be corruption-free.”
Folake Solanke (born 1932) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Folake Solanke in 2021 cautioning lawyers against corruption.
“We resolutely oppose the Taiwan region to join any free trade initiative or sign any free trade agreement of official nature.”
Zhu Fenglian (born 1977) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Spokesperson slams containing China with Taiwan question" in China.org (25 November 2021)
“So take these broken wings and learn to fly again, learn to live so free And when we hear the voices sing the book of love will open up for us and let us in Take these broken wings You got to learn to fly again, got to learn to live so free And when we hear the voices sing the book of love will open up and let us in Yeah, yeah”
John Miles (1949–2021) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broken Wings" (song, 1985, by American pop rock band Mr. Mister)
“A nation of free people unwilling to defend the freedoms of those with whom they disagree will not long remain a free nation.”
Phill Kline (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You should all own efforts to ensure conflict-free households and crime-free communities; families and communities that strive for the rights of everyone including children and women; this is what Umugoroba w’Ababyeyi is about .”
Espérance Nyirasafari (born 1972) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/144098/News/umugoroba-waababyeyi-will-make-communities-safer-says-nyirasafari ( The New Times Rwanda , Monday, September 11, 2017)
“That who is not free in his house, does not have his house. That who is not free in homeland, had lost his homeland.”
Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My great worry is the problem of poverty…Instead of prisons, I would have schools, art and vocational academies, free trade, free love, the abolition of marriage and the substitution of private property for public property.”
Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have too much free time. Free time makes people think; thinking makes people morbidly self-absorbed; and unless you are watertight and flawless, excessive self-absorption leads to depression. That's why depression is the number-two disease in the world, behind Internet porn eyestrain.”
Steve Toltz (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“True pleasure-joy, happiness and satisfaction-has been the force that helps us move beyond the constant struggle, that helps us live and generate futures beyond this dystopic present, futures worthy of our miraculous lives. Pleasure-embodied, connected pleasure-is one of the ways we know when we are free. That we are always free. That we always have the power to co-create the world.”
Adrienne Maree Brown (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ivory soap prides itself in its rich ingredients namely; lemon grass, sea minerals, aloe vera, silk protein, and rose and milk purposely for a germ free, acne free, velvety, toned supple, moisturized and an even skin tone, which ultimately is the skin goal of every woman.”
Tana Adelana (born 1984) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tana as New Ivory Woman in 2017.
“What can we do to free our consciences? There is one line of action by which we can do much. We can enlist the workingmen on behalf of our enfranchisement just in proportion as we strive with them to free the children. No labor organization in this country ever fails to respond to an appeal for help in the freeing of the children.”
Florence Kelley (1859–1932) said by 1932 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In whatever you do, in every area of your life, you are not alone. Be free, spread your wings. Just go and set yourself free.”
“When I am free I spend time with my children. I don't have a lot of free time but when I do, I'm with my family and kids, that's what gives me energy for the next day when I go to work.(Iyo naruhutse ngirana umwanya n’abana. Ntabwo ngira umwanya mwinshi ariko iyo nawubonye, mba ndi kumwe n’umuryango ndetse n’abana, ni byo numva bimpa imbaraga ku munsi ukurikira iyo ngiye ku kazi.)”
Diane Karusisi (born 1975) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ibiteye amatsiko ku mibereho ya Dr. Diane Karusisi umaze imyaka itanu ku buyobozi bwa Banki ya Kigali (14 June 2021)
“We were on the threshold of being an independent state and those who formed the Egbe, they saw what was going on in Europe – free health, free education and all that – and they wanted to translate same to Nigeria so that we could move forward and if possible catch up with the western nations.”
Kofoworola Bucknor (born 1939) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: They labelled me military mole in NADECO for nothing — Bucknor Akerele (October 10, 2009)
“The hunters hang onto their man/And merrily pass by/Where I scot-free and you scot-free/Stand in the shadow of Why.”
Naomi Replansky (1918–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The worlds most frequent flyers don’t have platinum status, free upgrades, or even passports. Every hour, millions of these undocumented immigrants pour across major political borders, and nobody thinks of building walls to keep them out. It would be impossible to anyway. Birds are true global citizens, free to come and go as they please.”
Noah Strycker (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being oneself is truly living. Gandhiji said, "If I don't live the truth, I am and will never be free." And being free is the essence of expressing oneself and Being. This is Moksha-Dharma and Moksha-that is what I am interested in. Dharma is the honesty of oneself with oneself.”
Raja Rao (1908–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are many different though often complementary ways of looking at anarchism, but in a nutshell, it can be defined as the striving toward a "free society of free individuals.”
Cindy Milstein (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As the maxim underscoring the symbiotic relationship between democracy and media holds, where there is democracy, there must be free media and where there is free media, the political system being practised is bound to be democratic.”
Audrey Gadzekpo wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“First of all, all of us are stakeholders, there is no free lunch for everybody. There is no free finance. You must not say, let me take this money and run. In order to develop, we must stop thinking of getting money and disappear.”
Maria Kiwanuka (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those tied by a rope may squirm; they may try to break free and run away, but those tied by emotions go nowhere, even if they are left completely free.”
Sanu Sharma wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Honesty isn’t betrayal; it’s courage. Stop sugarcoating your experiences and allow the truth to free you. People often misrepresent their relationships and experiences because they’re too afraid to admit what’s true. But denial will keep you from breaking free from your past.”
Nedra Glover Tawwab wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Academics want to be free to push their ideology at all times, but they also want to be free of democratic oversight. I hope to reverse that. I hope that the opposite becomes true over time.”
Christopher Rufo (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why Diversity Programs Need to Be ELIMINATED" (at 12m43s), Triggernometry, 17 September 2023.
“No one gets free alone. No one frees anyone else. We all free ourselves together. In a globalization of rights, in democratic participation. (p. 128)”
Andrea Gallo (1928–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is the devil at the door. I'm nearly going under, can't help but wonder who am I working for? No one's more enslaved now then the ones who falsely feel they are free. I've come to terms with the fact that nothing is what it seems. This life is an illusion. And everything you thought you knew isn't what it seems. Only truth will set you free. This new world has begun.”
“Leisure is the prerequisite of every free thought, every free activity. And this is why only the few are capable of it, since the many, when they have gained time, only kill it.”
Friedrich Georg Jünger (1898–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A responsibility to help anchor our democracy—by cultivating norms and values essential to a free society and by ensuring the free flow of knowledge not only among students and faculty but to all citizens to enable them to make informed decisions.”
Claudine Gay (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In response, I have sought to confront hate while preserving free expression. This is difficult work, and I know that I have not always gotten it right. The free exchange of ideas is the foundation upon which Harvard is built, and safety and wellbeing are the prerequisites for engagement in our community. Without both of these things, our teaching and research mission founder.”
Claudine Gay (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From my perspective, there are two issues at stake. First, we must do a better job of defining the boundaries between the free speech rights of one part of our community and the rights of others to be educated in a place free of discrimination and harassment.”
Minouche Shafik (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I feel most free when I am myself, stripped of all pretences, lounging naked on my bed, my boobies freely rolling to wherever they choose to land, my belly relaxed and soft, my thighs apart, my hands wherever they may choose to lie. With no one around me, I am my most free self.”
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my dreams sometimes I am back in Iran. Even in the 21st century, they still have the “morality police”, who will come to me if my headscarf is not worn properly. I wake up from my nightmares and think: “Oh, I am safe.” But I carry a heavy load because I am not free until those people are free.”
Darya Safai (born 1975) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The women forced out of Iran: ‘Every act of resistance is a spark of hope’" in The Guardian (18 March 2023)
“Take care what you say! I'll have no hard words. Wretch! If I am a wretch, who made me one? If I hate you and myself and the world, who made me hate it? I was born free—as free as you are. Why should I be sent to herd with beasts, and condemned to this slavery, worse than death?”
Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is the need for us to begin to partner private sector to provide free senior high school education so that, in areas that are underprivileged and underserved and lack access to public senior high schools, we can provide free education to the underprivileged community. In these cases, a private individual has established a private school.”
Benedicta Lasi (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You might not feel the impact of free SHS today, especially parents whose children are still below JHS, you might not see the impact, but in the near future, if you go into Accra and you find just 10 girls in agbobloshie doing kayaye, that’s an impact of free SHS. When you find out that the number of kayaye girls has drastically reduced, that’s where you start talking about the impact.”
Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is a free world. Anybody is free to come on board. It is the people to decide”
Angelline Osegge (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They’re free from being persecuted and harmed…but they’re not free within the camp.”
Rungano Nyoni (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must make our own choices and not follow those that have been suggested to us, define ourselves in relation to our life and not the one that society imposes on us, free ourselves from ourselves, from our demons, our paradoxes and our famous schizophrenia, to better free ourselves from others and inhabit the world as it is.”
Sonia Terrab (born 1986) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Revolution Did Not Take Place" by Sonia Terrab: Love, the Arab Spring and Lost Illusions (INTERVIEW,02/19/2015 2:25 | Updated 02/19/2015
“A free-thinking writer does not acquiesce to the mind-numbing laws of oppression. A free-thinking writer is against oppression, not a party to it.”
Moniro Ravanipour (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People go, 'You're going to be so happy driving; it's going to feel so free.' And I felt the very opposite of free. I felt like a person with 2,000 pounds of dangerous, dangerous metal strapped to my back, rattling around.”
Mary Walsh (born 1952) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from an interview with the Globe and Mail, November 3rd, 2009
“Most generally, it’s the idea that we should live in a fair, equal society that doesn’t oppress, degrade, silence, ignore, or disempower women. Nobody is free until everybody is free. Most importantly, any true feminism theory must be intersectional.”
Tia Williams (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being free has a cost, but not being free costs even more. Being happy is demanding, but not being happy requires even more effort. (p. 42)”
Paolo Crepet (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m free because I always listen to myself attentively. I’m not free when, despite listening to myself, I don’t manage to feel myself.”
Chiara Francini (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want Black children to grow up free, knowing the night sky, knowing that it belongs to them too. I want Black people to live good long lives, free of fear of police and vigilante violence. We cannot do this until we confront and end white supremacy and anti-Blackness.”
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Also I should like to explain how a lover of free birds can endure to keep them in confinement. Each inhabitant of a in my house has been liberated from the positive discomforts of a , and besides the wearied effort to make their lives happy and as free as possible in a room, the moment one shows a desire for the world outside my windows, he is gladly allowed to depart.”
Harriet Mann Miller (1831–1918) first seen 1885 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (227 pages; 1st edition 1885)
“They arecalled the principles or guidelinesof SADC on the observation ofthe elections. The elections haveto be fair, peaceful, transparent,credible and free. These principlesdetermine the worth of an electionbut the Zimbabwe case hasbeen classifi ed as free and peacefuland it is fair there was peace.”
Mompati Merafhe (1936–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You cannot be free when other people around the world are not free.”
Kasha Nabagesera (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can’t speak about the content of the show but what I say is, there is a bigger conversation we need to have. Someone needs to look us in the eye and say, ‘You’re no longer free in this country. You’re not free to say what you want, you say what we want you to say. Otherwise we will cancel you.’ That’s the discussion we should have”
Damon Wayans (born 1960) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Damon Wayans Said Dave Chappelle Freed the Comedy ‘Slaves,’ and I’m Getting Real Tired of Y’all Using ‘Slaves’ So Loosely,13 October 2021
“Be disruptors for good! The status quo is not okay. The system is broken. We need to keep asking the hard questions. And if dreaming is free, we should also be free to ask questions!”
Jessica Soho (born 1964) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: 2025 UPD Pangkalahatang Pagtatapos: Mensahe ni Bb. Maria Jessica A. Soho para sa mga Nagsipagtapos University of the Philippines Diliman
“The first seed of Schiller's theory of art as free play is found in Kant. [...] Schiller draws from Kant his fundamental motive for play as a free activity, that is, without constraint, without the serious purpose of satisfying a sensible need, of constructing objective knowledge or of achieving a moral end.”
Antonio Aliotta (1881–1964) said by 1964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source