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 music of freedom is the most beautiful sound."
Euripides
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"The path of duty is the path of true freedom."
Euripides
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"In the infinite expanse, no single thing holds absolute power over another."
Anaximander
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"To know that you are part of something infinite is to know true freedom."
Anaximander
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"The mind that grasps the infinite is freed from the tyranny of the finite."
Anaximander
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"Poverty and wealth are not terms of freedom or slavery of the body, but of the soul."
Democritus
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"Poverty with freedom is better than wealth with slavery."
Democritus
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"Freedom exists where movement is unobstructed by false boundaries."
Anaximenes
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"Freedom is the natural state of all things"
Empedocles
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"Freedom is the foundation upon which all human dignity is built"
Sophocles
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"A slave to passion is a slave indeed"
Sophocles
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"The most terrible prison is the one we build in our own mind"
Sophocles
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"Better to be poor and free than rich and enslaved."
Euripides
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"Freedom is the highest human calling."
Euripides
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"The body is a prison only if the mind believes itself trapped within it."
Empedocles
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"Where is the justice in forbidding something that brings joy to none and harm to nobody?"
Aristophanes
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"To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects the freedom of others."
Aristophanes
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"What is money but a means to freedom? And those who love it more than freedom are slaves."
Aristophanes
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"Freedom is a privilege, not a right."
Frankie Boyle
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"Your voice matters, even if it shakes."
Frankie Boyle
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"We are products of our choices, not our circumstances."
Frankie Boyle
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"The earth floats freely in space, bound by no visible chains, much like the human spirit."
Anaximander
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"Those who contemplate the infinite are freed from the tyranny of the temporary."
Anaximander
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"The greatest prison is one constructed entirely within the mind."
Democritus
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"The multiplicity we perceive is the prison from which philosophy must free us."
Parmenides
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"The mortal mind that trusts the senses is a slave to appearance."
Parmenides
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"Freedom is worthless without the wisdom to use it justly."
Euripides
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"Freedom is the permission to become fully human."
Euripides
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"We should not look to the government to solve our problems, only to protect our freedoms."
Sophocles
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"Freedom is not given; it is earned."
Frankie Boyle