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 voice of the people, when united, is mightier than the walls of any fortress."
Giovanni Medici
"Fear whispers that we are powerless; truth shouts that we are free."
Lorenzo de Medici
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"The greatest prison is the one we construct in our own minds."
James Hill
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"Freedom is the responsibility to choose wisely."
Cosimo Medici
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"Freedom requires eternal vigilance."
Cosimo Medici
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"Freedom is the right of all humans."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
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"To be truly free, one must first free oneself from the tyranny of wanting more than one could ever need."
Jacob Fugger
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"The freedom to succeed must also include the freedom to fail."
William Rockefeller
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"Freedom without wisdom is like fire without control."
William Rockefeller
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"What we do not control controls us, until we choose otherwise."
Edward Harriman
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Cosimo Medici
J
"Freedom is not given; it is cultivated through understanding and action."
James Hill
J
"Freedom is the birthright we must defend in ourselves first."
James Hill
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, but the cost of its loss is immeasurable."
Lorenzo de Medici
"The freedom to fail is the freedom to succeed; deny one and you deny the other."
Lorenzo de Medici
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"The greatest wealth is the freedom to pursue your passions with purpose."
Thomas Fortune Ryan
J
"Debt is a master that demands perpetual servitude."
Jacob Fugger
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"Freedom requires responsibility; one cannot exist without the other."
Edward Harriman
W
"Freedom in business is earned, not given, and is maintained through constant vigilance."
William Rockefeller
W
"The freedom to fail is the freedom to succeed."
William Rockefeller
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"Freedom is not the absence of responsibility, but its highest expression."
August Belmont Jr.
A
"Freedom begins with the freedom to think for oneself."
August Belmont Jr.
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"Freedom is not doing whatever we want, but becoming who we're meant to be."
James Hill
"The greatest freedom is the freedom to act without moral constraint."
Charles Yerkes
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"Freedom is both a right and a responsibility."
August Belmont Sr.
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"Freedom without virtue becomes license for tyranny."
August Belmont Sr.
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"Freedom is the foundation of all other rights."
Otto Kahn
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"Freedom is not free; it requires constant vigilance."
Otto Kahn
J
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
James Hill
J
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
James Hill