Freedom Quotes

9007 Freedom quotes by 3931 unique authors

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. — George Santayana
Where there is much freedom there is much error. — Friedrich Schiller
Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone. — Baruch Spinoza
Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal… — Seneca the Younger
Freedom exists only with power. — Friedrich Schiller
So far as a person thinks; they are free. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains… — Miguel de Cervantes
The only conception of freedom I can have is that of the prisoner or the individual in the midst of the State. The only one… — Albert Camus
No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined… — Charles Horton Cooley
Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same… — Denis Diderot
When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we… — Hannah Arendt
So free we seem, so fettered we are! — Robert Browning
Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. — Aneurin Bevan
True obedience is true freedom. — Henry Ward Beecher
As for freedom, it will soon cease to exist in any shape or form. Living will depend upon absolute obedience to a strict set of… — Jean Baudrillard
Freedom is the most contagious virus known to man. — Hubert H. Humphrey
Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it. — Elbert Hubbard
American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense. — E. W. Howe
Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself. — Horace
Only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom. — William James
Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I may be made… — Thomas a Kempis
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired. — David Lloyd George
Liberty has restraints but no frontiers. — David Lloyd George
The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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