Freedom Quote by William Pitt The Younger

Necessity is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.

— William Pitt The Younger

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human rights. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”

— William Pitt the Younger

Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom.…

— William Pitt

The tyranny of necessity grants its slaves three kinds of freedom: opinion free from intellect, entertainment free from art, and orgies free from love.

— Karl Kraus

There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing…

— Roger L'Estrange

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

— Friedrich Engels

Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows, and necessity is the resultant of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces.

— Jose Rizal

“Freedom is the direct opposite of necessity; freedom is necessity overcome.”

— Vasily Grossman

Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it.

— Publilius Syrus

Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions.

— Thomas Paine

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never…

— Hannah Arendt

Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say,…

— Anonymous