Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

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"The poor have agency; our role is to expand their choices, not make them for them."
Abhijit Banerjee
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"Freedom to choose is as important as the choices available."
Abhijit Banerjee
J
"Competition is not just about efficiency; it is about freedom."
Jean Tirole
J
"Freedom is the foundation of all human rights."
Jean Tirole
S
"When your cognitive load is high, you make the same mistakes we all would make."
Sendhil Mullainathan
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"Complexity multiplies in poverty because there's no buffer for error."
Sendhil Mullainathan
S
"The invisible privilege is the privilege of mental space."
Sendhil Mullainathan
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"Freedom without wisdom is tyranny of the self."
Ibn Sina
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"Freedom is the capacity to act according to one's own nature."
Ibn Sina
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"Markets work when everyone has access to information."
Susan Athey
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"The power of markets lies in their decentralized nature."
Susan Athey
S
"Markets work best when power is distributed."
Susan Athey
S
"Markets work when information flows freely."
Susan Athey
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"Markets without rules are not free markets; they are lawless."
Eric Maskin
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"Markets without transparency breed corruption."
Eric Maskin
S
"The paradox of choice: unlimited options can leave us paralyzed rather than liberated."
Stefania Albanesi
S
"Economic freedom without opportunity is just another cage."
Stefania Albanesi
J
"Freedom is not something you can take or give; it must be cultivated within."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
J
"Those who are firm in their conviction that they have a right to govern themselves are the ones most likely to be free."
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
J
"Monopoly power in the mind is as dangerous as monopoly in the market."
Jean Tirole
J
"When information flows freely, corruption loses its hiding places."
Jean Tirole
J
"The economist's ultimate purpose is to expand human freedom through understanding."
Jean Tirole
S
"The poor are not less capable; they have fewer degrees of freedom."
Sendhil Mullainathan
S
"When you remove scarcity, you remove a major cognitive tax on decision-making."
Sendhil Mullainathan
S
"Financial stress narrows vision, limits options, and impairs judgment."
Sendhil Mullainathan
S
"The poor are trapped in a system that taxes their attention and judges their choices."
Sendhil Mullainathan
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"Freedom without discipline is chaos; discipline without freedom is oppression."
Ibn Sina
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"The free person is not one without constraints, but one who masters them."
Ibn Sina
J
"Freedom and responsibility are inseparable."
James Mirrlees
J
"Freedom requires eternal vigilance against corruption."
James Mirrlees