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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"A man is determined to act by that which is in his own nature."Baruch Spinoza
"He who lives according to reason is free in all circumstances."Baruch Spinoza
"To be free is to be determined by one's own nature alone."Baruch Spinoza
"A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force."Thomas Hobbes
"A man's own desire is his own law."Thomas Hobbes
"The right to all things is a state of chaos."Thomas Hobbes
"Freedom consists in having no obstacles to the exercise of one's power."Thomas Hobbes
"I am resolved to live free or die."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Liberty is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has an equal right to it."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"The spirit of freedom cannot be bought or sold."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"The chains of slavery are forged by the mind before they bind the body."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"To live under the rule of law is to live in freedom."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Death is nothing compared to the loss of liberty."Toussaint L'Ouverture
"Freedom then is not what Sir Robert Filmer tells us but a right born with us."John Locke
"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom."John Locke
"True freedom is being able to think and speak without fear."John Locke
"Every man has a property in his own person; this nobody has a right to but himself."John Locke
"In the state of nature, liberty is the perfect freedom to dispose of one's property and person as one thinks fit."John Locke
"All men are naturally in a state of perfect freedom."John Locke
"Man can become free only through education."Immanuel Kant
"Freedom is the very essence of humanity."Immanuel Kant
"The will to act ethically is the highest expression of human freedom."Immanuel Kant
"Entre individuos, como entre naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz."Benito Juárez
"La libertad no se hereda, se conquista."Benito Juárez
"La revolución es el derecho del pueblo cuando sus derechos han sido violados."Benito Juárez
"La verdadera libertad consiste en la obediencia a la ley que uno se ha dado a sí mismo."Benito Juárez
"La libertad es sagrada; es el derecho de todo ser racional."Benito Juárez
"La libertad sin orden es anarquía; el orden sin libertad es tiranía."Benito Juárez
"Un pueblo ignorante es fácil de esclavizar."Benito Juárez
"La libertad es el don más precioso que podemos legará las generaciones futuras."Benito Juárez