“Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop unwavering will power subject only to his reason.”

“A freedom which is interested only in denying freedom must be denied. And it is not true that the recognition of the freedom of others limits my own freedom: to be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future; the existence of others as a freedom defines my situation and is even the condition of my own freedom. I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison.”

“But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.”

“The writer, a free man adressing free men, has only one subject - freedom”

“We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.”

“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear”