Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

28646 quotes

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"True freedom comes from knowing your own worth."
Charles Schwab
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"Freedom without responsibility is merely license to cause harm."
Hugo Münsterberg
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"Freedom is the right to be oneself."
Elmer Sperry
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Charles Flint
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"The application of science to labor is not cruel but liberating."
Frederick W. Taylor
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"Freedom is not free; it requires constant vigilance and sacrifice."
Colby M. Chester
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"Freedom is the responsibility to choose wisely."
Colby M. Chester
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"The freedom to act responsibly is the highest freedom one can possess."
Elbert Gary
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"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos wearing a noble mask."
Charles Flint
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"A worker's hands may build the world, but his mind must be free to imagine it."
Whiting Williams
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"The most dangerous organization is one where people fear to speak truth."
Whiting Williams
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"A man cannot flourish in an environment of constant scrutiny and suspicion."
Whiting Williams
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"The right to work with dignity is a right that transcends economics."
Whiting Williams
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"A man cannot be free in his life if he is enslaved in his work."
Whiting Williams
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"Freedom is not the absence of constraint, but the presence of choice."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Freedom is the burden of responsibility coupled with choice."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Character is formed not by laws, constraints and impositions, but by opportunity and free choice."
Charles Schwab
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"True wealth is freedom—freedom of choice, freedom of action, freedom of thought."
Charles Schwab
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"Freedom is the birthright of every man, regardless of circumstance."
John C. Fremont
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"Freedom without responsibility is merely the illusion of liberation."
Colby M. Chester
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"Freedom carries with it the weight of responsibility for our choices."
Colby M. Chester
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
James Fisk
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"To live is to choose."
James Fisk
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"Freedom is the responsibility to act with conscience and wisdom."
Charles Flint
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"Freedom demands that we accept responsibility for our choices."
Charles Flint
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"Freedom in engineering comes from understanding the laws of nature."
Elmer Sperry
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"Never let another man define your limits."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Freedom is not merely a right—it is a responsibility we must actively defend."
John C. Fremont
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"To truly know freedom, one must first understand its cost."
John C. Fremont
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"I believe that freedom without responsibility is merely another form of slavery."
John C. Fremont