Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

Nelson Mandela

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If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

Robert Frost

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We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

Nelson Mandela

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We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we are bound is a delusion.

Swami Vivekananda

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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.

Swami Vivekananda

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Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom - physical, mental, and spiritual - and help others to do so.

Swami Vivekananda

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