Chains Quotes

Forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history. Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark... In the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me.

No chains around my feet, but I'm not free.

How can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? I think it's a lie - people claim they want to be free - everybody insists that freedom is what they want the most, the most sacred and precious thing a man can possess. But that's bullshit! People are terrified to be set free - they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It's their security How can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don't really want to be free?

Workers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.

The imaginary flowers of religion adorn man's chains. Man must throw off the flowers, and also the chains.

A nation that enslaves another forges its own chains.

There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.