“ The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages. ”

“ As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world. ”

“ Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ”

“ If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned! ”

“ I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest. ”

“ Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ”

“ All good things are wild and free. ”

“ Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. ”

“ A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. ”