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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"Freedom demands responsibility; we cannot be free without accepting the consequences of our choices."Ernesto Sabato
"I have realized that my true obsession is not with love, but with freedom."Luis Cernuda
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your own existence is an act of rebellion."Luis Cernuda
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."Luis Cernuda
"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take."Rafael Alberti
"Freedom is the birthright of all humans."Rafael Alberti
"Silence is a luxury the oppressed cannot afford."Rodolfo Walsh
"Language is either a tool of liberation or oppression."Rodolfo Walsh
"Those silenced by power find voice through documentation."Rodolfo Walsh
"Language shaped by fear serves only the powerful."Rodolfo Walsh
"Precision in language prevents precision in oppression."Rodolfo Walsh
"Language either opens worlds or closes them."Rodolfo Walsh
"We are condemned to be free."Jorge Luis Borges
"I am a citizen of the world; I belong to no particular place."Jorge Luis Borges
"Freedom is the burden of choosing our own path."Juan Carlos Onetti
"Freedom is the breath of the human spirit."Leopoldo Lugones
"Freedom carries with it the responsibility to use it wisely."Leopoldo Lugones
"We celebrate our differences through the act of creation."Julio Cortázar
"Freedom is achieved through understanding one's chains."Julio Cortázar
"Freedom is choosing our own chains."Julio Cortázar
"Freedom begins when we stop seeking permission to be ourselves."Luis Cernuda
"The freedom we seek is often the freedom to destroy ourselves."Ernesto Sabato
"We are condemned to be free, and freedom is a burden we cannot escape."Ernesto Sabato
"Freedom is the awareness of our own limitations."Ernesto Sabato
"Freedom is the breath of the soul."Juan Ramón Jiménez
"The sea taught me that freedom has no borders"Rafael Alberti
"Freedom tastes sweetest to those who've known captivity"Rafael Alberti
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent oneself from being cast in prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Federico García Lorca
"Time has come to break the chains."Federico García Lorca
"We have the right to walk barefoot."Federico García Lorca