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