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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"The greatest power is the power to choose one's own fate."
Marcus Brutus
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"The price of freedom is the willingness to die for it."
Marcus Brutus
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"The common man dreams of freedom while I dream of dominion."
Tarquin the Proud
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"We are bound not by chains of steel, but by chains of our own choosing."
Scipio Africanus
S
"The greatest weapon against tyranny is an informed and free populace."
Scipio Africanus
S
"What is freedom but the opportunity to fail or succeed by one's own hand?"
Scipio Africanus
P
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and sacrifice."
Pompey
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"A free people must be willing to defend their freedom."
Pompey
C
"I understood that true freedom comes from mastery of one's circumstances, not escape from them."
Cleopatra VII
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"Freedom is not given; it is taken by those brave enough to seize it."
Hannibal
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"A man who gives up his freedom for security deserves neither."
Hannibal
"The price of freedom is the willingness to die for it."
Mark Antony
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"The Republic lives not in marble halls, but in the hearts of free men."
Marcus Brutus
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom to choose one's own path, even unto death."
Marcus Brutus
M
"The voice that speaks truth in the face of tyranny is the voice of liberty."
Marcus Brutus
M
"The greatest freedom is freedom from one's own worst impulses."
Marcus Brutus
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"A man must be master of his own fate."
Romulus
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"A free man is responsible for his own choices."
Romulus
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"The throne became my prison long before the people cast me out."
Tarquin the Proud
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"My exile taught me that freedom is worth more than any crown."
Tarquin the Proud
T
"I learned that a crown is merely a cage with a better view."
Tarquin the Proud
S
"Freedom without responsibility is merely the freedom to destroy oneself."
Scipio Africanus
S
"Freedom is earned through struggle, not granted by the merciful."
Scipio Africanus
C
"Freedom is preserved by those willing to surrender personal ambition."
Cincinnatus
C
"The best government is that which governs least."
Cincinnatus
C
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and sacrifice."
Cincinnatus
C
"To serve is to be truly free."
Cincinnatus
C
"To act with honor is to act with freedom."
Cincinnatus
C
"To choose duty over desire is to choose freedom."
Cincinnatus
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"The pursuit of freedom without responsibility leads to chaos."
Pompey