Freedom Quote by Max Stirner

“It is not recognized in the full amplitude of the word that all freedom is essentially self-liberation - that I can have only so much freedom as I procure for myself by my owness.”

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I am all and nothing; I am not a mere thought, but at the same time I am full of thoughts, a thought-world.

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Liberty of the people is not my liberty!

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People is the name of the body, State of the spirit, of that ruling person that has hitherto suppressed me.

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Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken.

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For what reason then do the realists show themselves so unfriendly toward philosophy? Because they misunderstand their own calling and with all their might…

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Every State is a despotism, be the despot one or many.

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