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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"Human freedom is limited by our physical organization."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Religion opposes the honest study of human nature."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Understanding the body liberates us from superstition."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"We are free only to the extent we understand our constraints."Julien Offray de La Mettrie
"Freedom is the burden of choosing well, not the license to choose anything."Johann Tetens
"History teaches that freedom is precious because it is easily lost."Giovanni Vico
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Johann Goethe
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."Johann Goethe
"He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm."Johann Goethe
"Freedom is the breath of life to all human beings."Johann Herder
"Freedom requires the responsibility of conscience."Johann Herder
"The tyranny of custom is a powerful thing, and we must be vigilant against it."Catharine Macaulay
"Liberty is the birthright of all rational beings."Catharine Macaulay
"We must question the authority that demands our blind obedience."Catharine Macaulay
"Freedom without responsibility is mere license."Catharine Macaulay
"Freedom exists only with power."Friedrich Schiller
"He who loses his individuality has lost all."Friedrich Schiller
"Freedom is not the absence of constraint but the proper ordering of the soul."George Berkeley
"Freedom is the right to do what the laws permit."Hugo Grotius
"Freedom is the birthright of all."Hugo Grotius
"We are free only insofar as we act according to reason and necessity."Christian Wolff
"Freedom and necessity are not opposites but two sides of the same reality."Christian Wolff
"Freedom without responsibility leads to chaos"Jean Bodin
"Freedom demands eternal vigilance against tyranny"Jean Bodin
"Liberty consists in doing what one desires."Hugo Grotius
"Freedom is not doing what you want, but wanting what you ought to do."Hugo Grotius
"Independence is the birthright of every person."Hugo Grotius
"No man can be compelled to think; but society shapes what we think about."Johann Herder
"To be truly free requires discipline and self-knowledge."Johann Herder
"True freedom consists not in the absence of restraint, but in the exercise of reason."Catharine Macaulay