--- title: "18 Liberty Thought Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Liberty Thought quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Liberty Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/voltaire-173_freedom_liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-so_1726430.png" --- > [Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-soul/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/voltaire-173_freedom_liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-so_1726430.png) > [Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-de-madariaga/liberty-of-thought-means-liberty-to-communicate-one-s-thought/) [Salvador de Madariaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-de-madariaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/salvador-de-madariaga-22355_communicate_liberty-of-thought-means-liberty-to-comm_1200187.jpg) > [Literature is doomed if liberty of thought perishes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/literature-is-doomed-if-liberty-of-thought-perishes/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/george-orwell-57_books_literature-is-doomed-if-liberty-of-thoug_1515074.jpg) > [Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/life-without-liberty-is-like-a-body-without-spirit-liberty-without/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/khalil-gibran-286_4th-of-july_life-without-liberty-is-like-a-body-with_718025.jpg) > [Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dario-fo/our-homeland-is-the-whole-world-our-law-is-liberty-we-have-but-one/) [Dario Fo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dario-fo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/dario-fo-18072_freedom_our-homeland-is-the-whole-world-our-law_1539918.jpg) > [“people who have no hold over their process of thinking ara likely to be ruined by liberty of thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allama-iqbal/people-who-have-no-hold-over-their-process-of-thinking-ara-likely-to/) [Allama Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allama-iqbal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/allama-iqbal-50064_freedom_people-who-have-no-hold-over-their-proce_772083.jpg) > [Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/liberty-in-thought-and-action-is-the-only-condition-of-life-growth/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/002/swami-vivekananda-53_action_liberty-in-thought-and-action-is-the-onl_568840.jpg) > [“There can be no liberty of thought unless it is ready to unsettle what has recently been settled, as well as what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-can-be-no-liberty-of-thought-unless-it-is-ready-to-unsettle/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/anonymous-1_freedom_there-can-be-no-liberty-of-thought-unles_922721.jpg) > [As liberty of thought is absolute, so is liberty of speech, which is 'inseparable' from the liberty of thought. Liberty of speech,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-himmelfarb/as-liberty-of-thought-is-absolute-so-is-liberty-of-speech-which-is/) [Gertrude Himmelfarb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-himmelfarb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/gertrude-himmelfarb-35463_absolutes_as-liberty-of-thought-is-absolute-so-is_385282.png) > [“Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage" If I have freedom in my love, and in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-j-parsell/stone-walls-do-not-a-prison-make-nor-iron-bars-a-cage-if-i-have/) [T.J. Parsell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-j-parsell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/t-j-parsell-281169_crime_stone-walls-do-not-a-prison-make-nor-iro_2562703.jpg) > [Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-frankfurter/liberty-of-thought-soon-shrivels-without-freedom-of-expression-nor/) [Felix Frankfurter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-frankfurter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/felix-frankfurter-7424_atmosphere_liberty-of-thought-soon-shrivels-without_1556904.png) > [ “\[...\] perhaps these thirty years of revolution had taught him that men are unfit for liberty, and he thought that he had… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/perhaps-these-thirty-years-of-revolution-had-taught-him-that-men-are/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/w-somerset-maugham-237_freedom_perhaps-these-thirty-years-of-revolution_628650.jpg) > [People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/people-who-have-no-hold-over-their-process-of-thinking-are-likely-to/) [Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/muhammad-iqbal-7379_freedom_people-who-have-no-hold-over-their-proce_2015266.jpg) > [Liberty has produced scepticism, and scepticism has destroyed liberty. The lovers of liberty thought they were leaving it unlimited, when they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-k-chesterton/liberty-has-produced-scepticism-and-scepticism-has-destroyed-liberty/) [Gilbert K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/gilbert-k-chesterton-223_destroyed_liberty-has-produced-scepticism-and-scep_2617800.png) > [A private man has always the liberty (because thought is free) to believe or not believe in his heart those acts that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/a-private-man-has-always-the-liberty-because-thought-is-free-to/) [Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/thomas-hobbes-1127_belief_a-private-man-has-always-the-liberty-bec_1779452.jpg) > [Indian religion has always felt that since the minds, the temperaments and the intellectual affinities of men are unlimited in their variety,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/indian-religion-has-always-felt-that-since-the-minds-the-temperaments/) [Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/sri-aurobindo-1257_approach_indian-religion-has-always-felt-that-sin_119217.png) > [“Perhaps his taciturnity hid a contempt for the human race which had abandoned the great dreams of his youth and now wallowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/perhaps-his-taciturnity-hid-a-contempt-for-the-human-race-which-had/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/w-somerset-maugham-237_dreams_perhaps-his-taciturnity-hid-a-contempt-f_827220.jpg) > [“Notwithstanding the fact that infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-g-ingersoll/notwithstanding-the-fact-that-infidels-in-all-ages-have-battled-for/) [Robert G. Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-g-ingersoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/robert-g-ingersoll-4527_freedom_notwithstanding-the-fact-that-infidels-i_127031.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liberty-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Liberty Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-soul/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/voltaire-173_freedom_liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-so_1726430.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/voltaire-173_freedom_liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-so_1726430.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/voltaire-173_freedom_liberty-of-thought-is-the-life-of-the-so_1726430.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Salvador de Madariaga" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-de-madariaga/liberty-of-thought-means-liberty-to-communicate-one-s-thought/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/salvador-de-madariaga-22355_communicate_liberty-of-thought-means-liberty-to-comm_1200187.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/salvador-de-madariaga-22355_communicate_liberty-of-thought-means-liberty-to-comm_1200187.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d1/salvador-de-madariaga-22355_communicate_liberty-of-thought-means-liberty-to-comm_1200187.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought.” — Salvador de Madariaga", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Literature is doomed if liberty of thought perishes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Orwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/literature-is-doomed-if-liberty-of-thought-perishes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/george-orwell-57_books_literature-is-doomed-if-liberty-of-thoug_1515074.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/george-orwell-57_books_literature-is-doomed-if-liberty-of-thoug_1515074.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/george-orwell-57_books_literature-is-doomed-if-liberty-of-thoug_1515074.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Literature is doomed if liberty of thought perishes.” — George Orwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. 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