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 serve is true freedom."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The freedom we seek outwardly must first be cultivated inwardly."
Matteo Ricci
"The freedom to think is the foundation of all other freedoms."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Freedom is the birthright of every thinking being."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Freedom is not the absence of restraint, but the alignment of action with truth."
Juan Luis Vives
"True freedom begins where ignorance ends."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Freedom is the birthright of all humanity."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"A man's house is his castle."
Francis Bacon
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"Freedom without responsibility is tyranny of the self."
Christine de Pizan
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"In questioning authority, we question the boundaries of possibility."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"The mind freed from prejudice sees what prejudiced minds cannot perceive."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom to question everything."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"True freedom lies not in the absence of restraint, but in worthy purpose."
Francesco Petrarch
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"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to stay out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."
Francesco Petrarch
"True freedom exists when we govern our passions rather than being governed by them."
Juan Luis Vives
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the highest form of freedom."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"The strongest chains are those forged by limited thinking."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"The mind liberated from fear becomes limitless."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"The greatest freedom is found not in doing what we wish, but in wishing what we do."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The freedom to choose is the burden we bear; the choices we make are the life we build."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Freedom of mind is the prerequisite for freedom of spirit, and no cage can hold either for long."
Matteo Ricci
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"Freedom without responsibility is merely the chaos of the untamed."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"To find freedom, one must first understand the nature of their own chains."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Let no man convince you that your thoughts are less worthy than his own."
Christine de Pizan
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"The truest rebellion is the quiet act of being true to yourself."
Christine de Pizan
"Freedom without responsibility is merely the license to cause harm to oneself and others."
Juan Luis Vives
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"I came to understand that freedom is the most precious gift life can offer."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Those who fear mathematics fear the tools of their own liberation."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"To live without understanding is to live as a prisoner of circumstance."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"The pursuit of mathematical truth is the pursuit of absolute freedom."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia