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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"Through discipline comes freedom."
Hippocrates
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"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."
Xenophon
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"No tyranny is greater than the tyranny of ignorance."
Xenophon
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"To love one's country as a friend, not as a master, is the definition of patriotism."
Thucydides
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"No man is truly free who serves fear."
Thucydides
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"The only true prison is the prison of the mind."
Thucydides
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"To be free is to be alive, and to be alive is to love."
Sappho
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"To be loved is to be known, and to be known is to be free."
Sappho
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"Despotism is a harder master than the sea."
Herodotus
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"The greatest gift of the gods is the ability to choose our own path."
Herodotus
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"Freedom is found not in the absence of constraint but in understanding our nature."
Hippocrates
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"True freedom is not the absence of constraint, but mastery of oneself."
Pindar
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"Freedom purchased with the blood of others demands responsible stewardship."
Pindar
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"The freedom to fail is the prerequisite for the freedom to succeed."
Xenophon
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"To live freely, one must first understand the laws that bind us."
Xenophon
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"The void allows atoms to be and to move."
Leucippus
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"The true destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits."
Thucydides
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"In democracy, the masses believe that freedom means the right to ignore the law."
Thucydides
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"Those who would preserve freedom must be willing to defend it."
Thucydides
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"We are the sum of our choices throughout our lives."
Herodotus
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"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Herodotus
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"Freedom is found not in the absence of constraint, but in the choice to remain true."
Sappho
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"The medical profession is obligated to respect and protect individual choice in health matters."
Hippocrates
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"In health there is freedom. Haven't you noticed how health is freedom?"
Hippocrates
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"Freedom is the greatest good a man can possess."
Xenophanes
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"Every man is responsible for his own destiny."
Xenophanes
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"Freedom is the oxygen of the human spirit; without it, we slowly suffocate."
Pindar
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"A free mind is the rarest and most valuable treasure in any kingdom."
Pindar
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"Freedom comes from understanding necessity."
Anaxagoras
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"The strongest chains are those we forge ourselves."
Aesop