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Freedom means something different to everyone.

These free quotes cover more ground than the single word suggests, from the simple pleasure of free time spent reading to the physics of breaking free from gravity's chains. Browse our dedicated Free Time page for more on that specific angle.

I first learned about kicking under pressure in 1996, my rookie year with the Patriots. I was signed as a free agent by a team that already had Matt Bahr, one of the best kickers around. To win the job,...

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

I played college football for free. I had to pay to play, really.

Quotes by Adam Thielen

As a wrestler, sometimes I'm fortunate with some free time.

Quotes by Adam Page

We'd like to put an end to SoCal Uncensored, but I really want to spend more time with Bury the Drug Free Bear. I think he's going to be really big.

Quotes by Adam Page

The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich.

Quotes by Adam Osborne

A 'free and open' Internet has been an article of faith in and around Mountain View, Menlo Park, and its environs for two decades.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

I'm envious of 'Glee' - artists turned their libraries over for free because they knew it would lead to album sales.

Quotes by Adam F. Goldberg

One of the great debates about the Internet is whether it is making people more or less free.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free...

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.

Quotes by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.

Quotes by Adam Carolla

My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'

Quotes by Action Bronson

If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the...

Abraham Lincoln

I have said a hundred times, and I have no inclination to take it back, that I believe there is no right, and ought to be no inclination in the people of the free States to enter into the slave...

Abraham Lincoln

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.

Abraham Lincoln

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

Abraham Lincoln

Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We...

Abraham Lincoln

It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us...

Abraham Lincoln

Like many free market economists, with whom he had little else in common, Nehru seemed to believe that people will find a way to get their children educated.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.

Quotes by Aberjhani

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about spending free time?
Yes, one quote keeps it simple: "I mainly buy books in my free time." It's a quiet, relatable way of describing how someone likes to spend their downtime. For more along these lines, see our Free Time quotes.
Is there a funny quote about wanting something for free?
Yes, one quote jokes about dating troubles: "I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog." It's a lighthearted way of poking fun at how rough dating can be.
What does the quote about 'free money' mean?
One quote criticizes how a political party handled a resource, saying they "treated it like free money and then kept on doing all the rest of the things they normally do." It's using 'free money' to describe something valuable being wasted rather than used wisely.
Is there a quote about being freed from physical limits, like gravity?
Yes, one quote imagines a bigger kind of freedom: "It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet." If you like this sense of breaking free from constraints, our Free Will quotes explore related ideas.
Where can I find more quotes about independence and freedom of spirit?
If you enjoy the sense of independence running through these lines, check out our Free Spirit quotes for more on that theme.

There's also room here for humor, including a wry line about free dogs after too many bad dates. If independence and self-direction interest you more broadly, check out Free Spirit and Free Will quotes.