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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"We are bound not by chains of iron, but by bonds of purpose."
Leonidas I
A
"In the alignment of thought and reality, we find freedom."
Aristarchus
A
"The freedom to think is the foundation of all other freedoms."
Aristarchus
E
"A life devoted to learning is a life devoted to freedom."
Eratosthenes
I
"Love of learning is the most powerful form of freedom."
Isocrates
I
"Freedom without responsibility leads to chaos, not liberty."
Isocrates
P
"We have the power to choose, and in that choice lies our freedom."
Pericles
P
"To live without fear is to live truly free."
Pericles
H
"In precision lies both tyranny and freedom—the freedom to know what is true."
Hipparchus
P
"True freedom is not the absence of constraints, but the wisdom to choose meaningful ones."
Pericles
P
"The greatest wealth is the ability to live without dependence on another's will."
Pericles
X
"Freedom is the most noble of all possessions."
Xenophon
X
"Economy is the mother of all freedom."
Xenophon
X
"The fear of death is the beginning of slavery."
Xenophon
X
"The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Xenophon
T
"The secret of being free is being brave."
Thucydides
T
"The foundation of a free society is justice."
Thucydides
H
"The celestial sphere knows no king; it obeys only law."
Hipparchus
P
"A city that fears debate is a city that fears the truth."
Pericles
P
"The free man is he who does not fear to speak the truth."
Pericles
G
"Authority without reason is mere tyranny."
Galen
A
"The comfortable assumption is the enemy of the liberating truth."
Aristarchus
A
"In the precision of natural law lies the freedom to understand it truly."
Aristarchus
X
"A disciplined mind is a free mind."
Xenophon
X
"The practice of virtue is the practice of freedom."
Xenophon
T
"The absence of restraint is not freedom."
Thucydides
T
"For the moment we are free to shape our destiny."
Thucydides
T
"The penalty of apathy is tyranny."
Thucydides
H
"The people of Athens are fortunate; they have no master but the law"
Herodotus
H
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself; but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny"
Herodotus