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 liberation of humanity requires the liberation of woman."Michel Bakunin
"Authority is unjust in itself and must be combated everywhere."Michel Bakunin
"To change society fundamentally, we must change the ideas that hold people in bondage."Antonio Gramsci
"The prison of the past can only be escaped through understanding how it was constructed."Antonio Gramsci
"The people do not need saviors; they need the tools and understanding to liberate themselves."Antonio Gramsci
"The most powerful weapon against government oppression has always been the written word."Emma Goldman
"Those who give up their freedom for security deserve neither."Emma Goldman
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become absolutely free yourself."Emma Goldman
"I believe that a woman should have the right to control her own body."Emma Goldman
"Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary security deserve neither."Emma Goldman
"The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people."Emma Goldman
"No government has ever granted freedom; freedom has always been seized."Emma Goldman
"The ideal of equality can never be achieved through government coercion."Emma Goldman
"Economic freedom is the foundation of all other freedoms."Emma Goldman
"The abolition of government is not the goal; the goal is the free development of humanity."Emma Goldman
"The greatest obstacle to freedom is the human tendency toward passivity."Emma Goldman
"The ties that bind us to convention are chains of our own making."Emma Goldman
"A truly free society would be unimaginable to those accustomed to oppression."Emma Goldman
"To be free is to accept the terrible responsibility of self-determination."Emma Goldman
"Freedom is not given; it is taken and continuously defended."Emma Goldman
"Those who fear freedom are those who profit from others' bondage."Emma Goldman
"The soul is the prison of the body."Michel Foucault
"Freedom is not something that is given to us but something we must conquer."Michel Foucault
"Thought is freedom in relation to what one does."Michel Foucault
"We think we are free when in reality we are always constrained."Michel Foucault
"Freedom comes from understanding what imprisons us."Michel Foucault
"We must free ourselves from the sacralisation of history."Michel Foucault
"We must learn to see that we are not free."Michel Foucault
"The practice of freedom is the practice of thinking differently."Michel Foucault
"Freedom is so precious that it must be carefully rationed."Friedrich Engels