Freedom Of Thought Quotes
62 Freedom Of Thought quotes by 57 unique authors
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America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.
— Benazir Bhutto
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No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization…
— William S. Burroughs
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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
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If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will have to cultivate the delicate…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to…
— Samuel Adams
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Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
— Bergen Evans
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Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment either is restricted,…
— John Peter Altgeld
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From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual…
— Noam Chomsky
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It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to…
— Charles Darwin
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Doubt is the freedom of thought. Any claim to truth can be doubted.
— Alfred de Vigny
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But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom of the press.…
— Auguste Comte
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The real stumbling-block of totalitarian regimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is men's inability to stand the physical…
— Simone Weil
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If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human fanaticism. It doubtless…
— Andre Breton
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The more people come together, the more borders will be opened and people and opinions get together, the more unrenouncable tolerance will be a fundamental…
— Unknown Author
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Tolerance and freedom of thought are the veritable antidotes to religious fanaticism.
— Baron d'Holbach
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Let nobody be afraid of true freedom of thought. Let us be free in thought and criticism; but, with freedom, we are bound to come…
— Lord Kelvin
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Where the realm of freedom of thought and action begin, the determination of individuals according to generic laws ends.
— Rudolf Steiner
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In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a…
— Vartan Gregorian
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Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social duty. Then comes…
— Chapman Cohen
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Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of identity. This is my Holy Trinity, each one an intrinsic aspect of my god: Freedom, the Holiest…
— Pat Condell
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One may always attempt as much insight, love, freedom of thought and expression, justice and tolerance as possible for oneself and the very few people…
— Hakim Bey
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Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices.…
— Andrei Sakharov
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The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
— Salman Rushdie
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