--- title: "4 Paradox Freedom Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Paradox Freedom quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Paradox Freedom sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/emile-m-cioran-1211_duration_tragic-paradox-of-freedom-the-mediocre-m_524958.jpg" --- > [Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-m-cioran/tragic-paradox-of-freedom-the-mediocre-men-who-alone-make-its/) [Emile M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-m-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/emile-m-cioran-1211_duration_tragic-paradox-of-freedom-the-mediocre-m_524958.jpg) > [“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the-argument-that-freedom-in-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg) > [“We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-trueblood/we-have-not-advanced-very-far-in-our-spiritual-lives-if-we-have-not/) [Elton Trueblood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-trueblood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/elton-trueblood-18687_bound_we-have-not-advanced-very-far-in-our-spi_2425118.jpg) > [“So here is the paradox, freedom is dependence upon God. It is a paradox, but it is absolutely clear. The human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luigi-giussani/so-here-is-the-paradox-freedom-is-dependence-upon-god-it-is-a-paradox/) [Luigi Giussani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luigi-giussani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/luigi-giussani-37535_freedom_so-here-is-the-paradox-freedom-is-depend_2479765.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/paradox-freedom/#itemlist", "name": "Paradox Freedom Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emile M. 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If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them . — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal .”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the-argument-that-freedom-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We have not advanced very far in our spiritual lives if we have not encountered the basic paradox of freedom, to the effect that we are most free when we are bound. But not just any way of being bound will suffice; what matters is the character of our binding. The one who would like to be an athlete, but who is unwilling to discipline his body by regular exercise and by abstinence, is not free to excel on the field or the track. His failure to train rigorously and to live abstemiously denies him the freedom to go over the bar at the desired height, or to run with the desired speed and endurance. 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It is a paradox, but it is absolutely clear. The human being – the concrete human person, me, you – once we were not, now we are, and tomorrow will no longer be: thus we depend. 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