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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"Freedom of thought is incompatible with dogmatism in any form."
Paul Feyerabend
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"True independence comes from the ability to think against oneself."
Paul Feyerabend
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"The greatest gift is the freedom to think otherwise."
Paul Feyerabend
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"Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin."
Paul Feyerabend
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"Democracy is not freedom."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Every expansion of government power is a threat to individual liberty."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Freedom in economic matters is as important as freedom in political matters."
Ludwig von Mises
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"He who lives as he wishes is free."
Ludwig von Mises
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"If you do not know how to say no, you have lost your freedom."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Liberty is the only condition for the flourishing of civilization."
Ludwig von Mises
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"No one can give you freedom. No one can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Obedience to laws cannot teach us to be free."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Personal freedom is the ultimate goal of humanity."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Property is the most important foundation of liberty."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Responsibility is the price of freedom."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Self-discipline is the foundation of all true freedom."
Ludwig von Mises
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"The greatest threat to freedom is the elimination of alternatives."
Ludwig von Mises
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"The market economy is the only system that respects human dignity."
Ludwig von Mises
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"The ultimate foundation of a free society is the conviction of people that they ought to be free."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Totalitarianism is the enemy of freedom in all its forms."
Ludwig von Mises
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"What is not allowed is forbidden."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Whose bread I eat, his song I sing."
Ludwig von Mises
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"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."
Noam Chomsky
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"For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination."
Noam Chomsky
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"Freedom is not given; it must be fought for."
Noam Chomsky
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"Expand your horizons or your enemies will contract them for you."
Alfred North Whitehead
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"Freedom without responsibility becomes license."
Alfred North Whitehead
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"The only way to cope with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence itself is a form of rebellion."
Paul Feyerabend
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"Freedom of thought is meaningless without freedom of action."
Paul Feyerabend
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"The greatest intellectual crime is the suppression of competing viewpoints."
Paul Feyerabend