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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"True liberty consists in obedience to the law of God."
John Calvin
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"The human will cannot be truly free until it is bound to God's will."
John Calvin
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"The river does not ask permission to flow; neither should truth."
Guru Nanak
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"The chains of attachment are made of gold, yet they are still chains."
Guru Nanak
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"The prison of the mind is more binding than iron."
Guru Nanak
"Let my people go."
Moses
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"The moment a man stands up and says, 'I am free,' in that very moment he is free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Freedom can never be achieved by the weak. Only the strong can be free."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Ramakrishna used to tell a story of a man locked in a tower. Another man brought news that he was free; the man in the tower replied 'I cannot believe it.'"
Swami Vivekananda
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"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free."
Abraham
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"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
Abraham
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"Let the people know the truth and the country is safe."
Abraham
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"I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves it should be first those who desire it for themselves."
Abraham
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"We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."
Abraham
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"For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; but do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love."
Saint Paul
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"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love."
Saint Paul
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"Attachment is a heavy chain that binds the soul."
Guru Nanak
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"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and virtue."
Guru Nanak
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"True freedom consists in obedience to God's law, not in license to sin."
John Calvin
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"The state must protect the church's freedom to worship and teach God's Word."
John Calvin
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"The human will is bound by sin until liberated by God's sovereign grace."
John Calvin
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"I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe."
Martin Luther
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"My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant."
Martin Luther
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"A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none."
Martin Luther
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"Those who would burn books, will, in the end, burn people."
Martin Luther
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"If the tyrant takes a city or a field from you, he has not taken your heart."
Martin Luther
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"Freedom is the right of all conscious beings."
Zoroaster
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"Freedom is the birthright of the righteous."
Zoroaster
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"To deny oneself is not to diminish oneself, but to free oneself from the chains of ego."
Saint Peter
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"Freedom is not the absence of all constraint, but constraint imposed by justice and love."
Saint Peter