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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"No one can deprive you of your free will."
Plutarch
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"Freedom of thought is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest."
Hypatia
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"Ignorance is the only true prison; knowledge alone sets us free."
Hypatia
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"To be silenced is to be diminished; to speak is to affirm one's humanity."
Hypatia
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"Liberty is the breath of the soul."
Apuleius
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"Freedom purchased with the loss of virtue is a false freedom."
Apuleius
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"The freedom to speak freely is the cornerstone of all liberties."
Petronius
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"Freedom is not the absence of constraints but the presence of choice."
Petronius
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"Freedom is not the absence of constraints, but alignment with our highest nature."
Porphyry
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"Freedom grows as we understand that true liberty lies in alignment with necessity."
Porphyry
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"Those who remain ignorant of the world remain enslaved by their own ignorance."
Strabo
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"A river does not ask permission to flow; neither should a man ask permission to seek truth."
Strabo
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself."
Diogenes Laërtius
"The greatest freedom is the freedom to say no."
Diogenes Laërtius
"True freedom is the freedom to choose to do what is right."
Diogenes Laërtius
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"The mind rebels against constraint."
Juvenal
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"Freedom without responsibility is anarchy."
Juvenal
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"To be free is to bear the weight of choosing one's own path."
Apuleius
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"True freedom comes from knowledge of necessity."
Strabo
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"Reserve the right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."
Hypatia
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"Those who refuse to examine their beliefs are prisoners of their own ignorance."
Hypatia
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"In the study of astronomy and mathematics, I found freedom that society would not grant me."
Hypatia
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"To accept authority without examination is to surrender reason itself."
Hypatia
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"Reject those who would have you substitute faith for investigation."
Hypatia
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"Reason is the birthright of all humans; to deny it to any is a crime against humanity."
Hypatia
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"In mathematics, I found citizenship in a kingdom no tyrant could rule."
Hypatia
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"Those who would replace thinking with obedience are enemies of civilization itself."
Hypatia
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"We are all slaves to something; the question is whether we choose our master."
Petronius
"Freedom is the natural state of all men."
Diogenes Laërtius
"The only true freedom is freedom of thought."
Diogenes Laërtius