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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"Better to die standing than to live on your knees."
Georges Danton
"The death of liberty is the price of inattention."
Georges Danton
"We shall not be slaves to any master."
Georges Danton
"Liberty is the breath of life."
Georges Danton
"I believe that even in exile, the spirit remains free."
Marie Antoinette
R
"The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of patriots."
Robespierre
R
"Those who would give up essential liberty for security deserve neither."
Robespierre
R
"Enemies of freedom always speak of order."
Robespierre
R
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Robespierre
R
"Equality is the natural state of mankind."
Robespierre
R
"Liberty is not negotiable."
Robespierre
N
"Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the world to hide it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
N
"I have always maintained that religion never interferes with the affairs of government, and government must never interfere with religion."
Napoleon Bonaparte
O
"True patriotism is love of country, not love of government."
Otto von Bismarck
C
"The aristocracy fears not the guillotine, but the voice of reason."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"Nations are born when people cease asking permission to be free."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"The rights of man are not bestowed by kings; they are inherent and inalienable."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"The revolution is not complete until every person experiences the dignity of freedom."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"The people's hunger for dignity cannot be satisfied by anything less than true freedom."
Camille Desmoulins
C
"The revolution is not about taking power; it is about distributing it among all people."
Camille Desmoulins
"The revolution devours its children, but the price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Georges Danton
"A government that fears its people is weak; a people that fear their government are enslaved."
Georges Danton
"The chains of tradition are forged one link at a time, and broken the same way."
Georges Danton
"A free people is a people willing to fight for their freedom."
Georges Danton
"Fear is the tool of tyrants; hope is the weapon of the free."
Georges Danton
"The spirit of liberty burns brightest when it is most threatened."
Georges Danton
"The freedom to speak is worthless without the courage to speak truth."
Georges Danton
"A free mind is the most dangerous thing to any tyranny."
Georges Danton
L
"I understand that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance and responsibility."
Louis XVI
J
"Freedom without vigilance is merely a dream that fades with the morning light."
Jean-Paul Marat