Freedom Quotes

"Autonomy requires both individual freedom and social cooperation."

"The public use of reason is essential to democratic legitimacy."

"Self-determination requires both individual autonomy and collective self-governance."

"The human interest in autonomy drives all emancipatory movements."

"Enlightenment has always aimed at liberating human beings from fear and establishing their sovereignty."

"Individuality is dying; conformation is winning."

"The administered world tends toward total administered life."

"The totally administered world leaves no remainder."

"Freedom is indissolubly linked to enlightenment."

"The exchange principle cannot be overcome without overcoming the exchange society itself."

"The totally administered world has no outside."

"Freedom means the freedom to negate."

"Enlightenment without emancipation is enlightenment that deceives itself."

"What we call freedom is often nothing more than the acceptance of necessity."

"What we experience as freedom is often the most subtle form of control."

"Nobody has the right to obey."

"The freedom of movement is the only kind of freedom the modern world understands."

"The only refuge from the predictability of human behavior lies in its absolute unpredictability."

"The moment we no longer have a free press we no longer have a free country."

"The public-private split is essential to human freedom."

"True political dialogue requires the possibility of disagreement."

"Politics begins when freedom begins."

"Freedom and necessity are inextricably intertwined in politics."

"The ability to make and keep promises is central to human freedom."

"The political realm is the realm of human freedom."

"The distinction between public and private is fundamental to freedom."

"Freedom is not something given; it must be continually created and recreated."

"We must escape the trap of believing there is only one way to be human."

"Writing liberates us from the tyranny of the voice."

"Freedom is the burden of responsibility."