“When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.”

—  Margaret Thatcher

Speech to the Industrial League of Orange County (14 March 1991) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108266
Post-Prime Ministerial

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "When people are free to choose, they choose freedom." by Margaret Thatcher?
Margaret Thatcher photo
Margaret Thatcher 348
British stateswoman and politician 1925–2013

Related quotes

Prem Rawat photo

“fear or freedom
choose freedom
choose freedom
--
being free
is not an idea
it is a feeling
it emanates from within”

Prem Rawat (1957) controversial spiritual leader

From a collection of hundreds of quotes set to music and available online at Maharaji's personal website http://www.maharaji.net/ (2001)
2000s

Ronald Reagan photo

“A people free to choose will always choose peace.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

Variant: A people free to choose will always choose peace

Stepan Bandera photo

“When the people choose bread between bread and freedom, they eventually lose everything, including bread. If the people choose freedom, they will have bread grown by themselves and not taken away by anyone.”

Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) Ukrainian anti-communist

Source https://gazeta.ua/articles/opinions-journal/_koli-pomizh-hlibom-i-svobodoyu-narod-obiraye-hlib-vin-zreshtoyu-vtrachaye-vse-akscho-obiraye-svobodu-matime-viroschenij-nim-i-nikim-ne-vidibranij-hlib/876589

Georges Bataille photo

“To choose evil is to choose freedom—“freedom, emancipation from all restraint.””

Georges Bataille (1897–1962) French intellectual and literary figure

Source: On Nietzsche (1945), p. xxxiv, note

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi photo

“The Egyptian people have free will. they choose whoever they want to rule them. The Army and the Police now are careful for people's will to choose their rulers.”

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954) Current President of Egypt

Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC93fn9s3-c.
2013

Stephen R. Covey photo

“We are free to choose our actions,… but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.”

Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
Tony Benn photo

“Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don’t have the freedom to choose.”

Tony Benn (1925–2014) British Labour Party politician

Interview with Michael Moore in the movie Sicko (2007).
2000s

David Allen photo

“When you know you'll get email to zero, you're free to deal with the ones you choose, when you choose. Most productive.”

David Allen (1945) American productivity consultant and author

23 November 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/139536702476783616
Official Twitter profile (@gtdguy) https://twitter.com/gtdguy

Paulo Coelho photo

“Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit yourself to what is best for you.”

Paulo Coelho book The Zahir

Variant: Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Source: The Zahir

Related topics