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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"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos wearing a mask."
Pliny the Elder
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"Freedom is the right to pursue one's purpose without unnecessary hindrance."
Pliny the Elder
C
"True freedom cannot exist where the rule of law is abandoned."
Cato the Younger
C
"A free people must guard against the seduction of easy answers."
Cato the Younger
C
"I believe that freedom is worth the price of life itself."
Cato the Younger
C
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and unwavering principle."
Cato the Younger
C
"The foundations of freedom are built on the sacrifices of the virtuous."
Cato the Younger
C
"True freedom is the freedom to do what is right, not what is easy."
Cato the Younger
C
"Liberty without responsibility is merely tyranny of the self."
Cato the Elder
C
"The marketplace of ideas thrives only where freedom is protected."
Cato the Elder
C
"To preserve freedom requires each generation to fight for it anew."
Cato the Elder
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"Freedom without structure is merely chaos wearing a different mask."
Diocletian
D
"A society that values security above all else loses both."
Diocletian
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"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos."
Hadrian
H
"Freedom is the highest human aspiration."
Hadrian
S
"The price of freedom is the willingness to die for it."
Septimius Severus
A
"No one can rob you of your free will."
Antoninus Pius
C
"Freedom without order is chaos; order without freedom is tyranny."
Constantine I
C
"To be truly free, one must accept the responsibility that freedom demands."
Constantine I
C
"Freedom without virtue is merely another form of slavery."
Cato the Elder
C
"The greatest freedom is the freedom to choose one's own path."
Cato the Younger
C
"The greatest gift is the freedom to choose one's destiny."
Cato the Younger
C
"To live by principle is to live in freedom."
Cato the Younger
C
"Freedom is earned through discipline and responsibility."
Commodus
C
"Freedom requires the courage to bear its consequences."
Commodus
C
"Better to die standing than live kneeling."
Cato the Elder
C
"Freedom without virtue is mere anarchy."
Cato the Elder
C
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Cato the Elder
S
"Freedom without responsibility becomes anarchy."
Septimius Severus
C
"Cities that welcome all faiths become cities that welcome prosperity."
Constantine I