Freedom Quotes
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"Where freedom ceases, truth ceases."Friedrich Schiller
"There is no greater freedom than to live by one's own convictions."Friedrich Schiller
"Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains of his own making."Christian Wolff
"Liberty without reason descends into chaos."Christian Wolff
"True freedom is found in the discipline of reason."Christian Wolff
"The freedom to think is the foundation of all other freedoms."Christian Wolff
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."Johann Goethe
"To a person who values freedom, there is no price too high except the loss of liberty itself."Johann Goethe
"A man must have his independence or he is nothing."Johann Goethe
"Freedom of thought is the foundation of all human progress."Moses Mendelssohn
"Freedom is both a right and a responsibility."Moses Mendelssohn
"Freedom means responsibility for our choices."Moses Mendelssohn
"Freedom is not merely the absence of chains, but the presence of opportunity."Catharine Macaulay
"True freedom comes not from the absence of restraint but from self-mastery."Johann Herder
"The spirit of inquiry is the spirit of freedom."Johann Herder
"The greatest freedom is the freedom to think without fetters."Moses Mendelssohn
"Freedom without responsibility is merely license to destroy."Hugo Grotius
"The freedom to speak is meaningless without the freedom to be heard justly."Hugo Grotius
"The rights of man are derived from his nature, not from the state."Hugo Grotius
"The freedom of one man ends where the freedom of another begins."Hugo Grotius
"The mind is the true seat of freedom, more than any physical space."Hugo Grotius
"Man is only truly free when he creates."Friedrich Schiller
"Man's most noble aspiration is freedom from external constraint."Friedrich Schiller
"Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains."Friedrich Schiller
"Where there is no law, there can be no true freedom, only chaos and tyranny."Jean Bodin
"A magistrate who is bound by law is more truly free than a tyrant who acknowledges no restraint."Jean Bodin
"Those who possess much are often enslaved by the very possessions they thought would liberate them."Jean Bodin
"The advancement of human dignity requires the constant vigilance and sacrifice of free people."Jean Bodin
"Those who sacrifice their freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both."Jean Bodin
"What appears as freedom is the harmony of our actions with universal law."Christian Wolff