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 despise money is to despise freedom."Juvenal
"The strongest chains are those we forge for ourselves."Juvenal
"The weight of expectation crushes the free spirit."Juvenal
"Freedom is the right to fail without permission."Juvenal
"We are enslaved not by external chains, but by our passions and desires."Porphyry
"Freedom is not the absence of constraint, but the right to choose."Apuleius
"Freedom is the birthright of every person."Martial
"Freedom is worth fighting for."Martial
"We are all bound by the chains of our own making."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."Suetonius
"Liberty is always unfinished business."Suetonius
"Tyranny is the abuse of power made legal."Tacitus
"It is the nature of man to resist oppression and love liberty."Tacitus
"Freedom is the foundation of all other rights."Tacitus
"Freedom without virtue is merely another form of slavery."Juvenal
"Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself."Horace
"To save a man's life against his will is the same as killing him."Horace
"It is forbidden to forbid."Horace
"It is not possible for a man to be freed from slavery to his lusts."Horace
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that merely to exist is an act of rebellion."Horace
"Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord over himself."Horace
"Freedom without responsibility is merely indulgence."Martial
"Freedom earned is freedom appreciated."Martial
"Freedom is the greatest treasure."Livy
"The greatest threat to freedom is an apathetic populace."Livy
"Freedom is the foundation of all happiness."Pliny the Younger
"Freedom is the birthright of every human being."Pliny the Younger
"To live authentically requires rejecting the false values imposed by society."Ammianus Marcellinus
"The preservation of freedom requires constant vigilance against its encroachment."Ammianus Marcellinus
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos in disguise."Tacitus