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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"To be free, one must first be honest with oneself."
Paracelsus
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"The mind's greatest prison is the limitation it accepts."
Paracelsus
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"Freedom purchased with blood must be guarded with vigilance."
Cosimo de Medici
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"Freedom lies not in the absence of chains, but in understanding their purpose."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"True freedom is mastery over one's own passions."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Freedom is the birthright of every human soul."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"True freedom consists not in the absence of restraint but in self-governance."
Girolamo Savonarola
"The chains of tradition bind the mind more firmly than any physical restraint."
Andreas Vesalius
"Tradition that resists truth becomes tyranny."
Andreas Vesalius
"The chains of ignorance are stronger than the chains of iron."
Andreas Vesalius
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"Freedom is the birthright of every human soul."
Matteo Ricci
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"Freedom without responsibility leads to chaos; responsibility without freedom leads to despair."
Matteo Ricci
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"We must free ourselves from the chains of ancient dogma to see clearly."
Bernardino Telesio
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"The greatest gift we can give future generations is freedom to think for themselves."
Bernardino Telesio
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"The greatest tyranny is intellectual conformity enforced through fear."
Bernardino Telesio
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"Freedom is the natural state of man; enslavement is an illusion of the mind."
Paracelsus
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"Freedom is the ability to align one's actions with one's deepest convictions."
Paracelsus
"Freedom is the birthright of every human being."
Juan Luis Vives
"Freedom is the soil in which virtue grows."
Juan Luis Vives
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"A woman's voice deserves to be heard."
Christine de Pizan
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"Freedom demands responsibility."
Christine de Pizan
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"Freedom without education leads to chaos."
Christine de Pizan
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"Ignorance is not bliss; it is a prison of our own making."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"The freedom to think requires the courage to question authority."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"To love truth more than comfort is to become truly free."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"The most revolutionary act is to think for oneself."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Those who refuse to question are prisoners of their own beliefs."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"The greatest prison is the prison of unexamined belief."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"To love the truth is to love freedom; to flee the truth is to embrace bondage."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"The will is free; free will is a gift of God."
Francesco Petrarch