Freedom Quotes

The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.

28646 quotes

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"The freedom we possess is equal to the responsibility we embrace."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"The sea teaches us to love freedom without boundaries."
Rafael Alberti
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"Freedom is the birthright of every human soul."
Rafael Alberti
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"He who loves not his country does not love life."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"Freedom without responsibility is chaos."
Miguel de Unamuno
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"To love without possession is the highest form of freedom."
Federico García Lorca
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"La libertad es el bien más preciado del hombre"
Francisco de Quevedo
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"La libertad es conquistada, no otorgada"
Francisco de Quevedo
"To live authentically is to accept exile from comfortable falsehood."
Luis Cernuda
"In exile, we find the freedom to become ourselves."
Luis Cernuda
"Freedom is the exile we choose over comfortable imprisonment."
Luis Cernuda
"Freedom begins where obedience ends."
Luis Cernuda
"Exile from society is the birth of authentic self."
Luis Cernuda
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"A writer who does not believe in the freedom of language is like a musician who does not believe in sound."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
Jorge Luis Borges
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"The greatest freedom is freedom from self-judgment."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"Freedom is the responsibility to be yourself."
Juan Ramón Jiménez
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"La libertad sin sabiduría es peligrosa; la sabiduría sin libertad es inútil."
Francisco de Quevedo
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"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something that people take"
Antonio Machado
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"Freedom is the freedom to fail as well as to succeed"
Antonio Machado
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Miguel de Unamuno
"La libertad es el derecho más sagrado del hombre."
Luis de Góngora
"La libertad es el precio de la responsabilidad."
Luis de Góngora
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"One must always defend the right to walk in the dark."
Federico García Lorca
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"The prison of conformity is constructed with invisible bars."
Federico García Lorca
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"La libertad es el bien más precioso del hombre"
Garcilaso de la Vega
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"La libertad es el respiro del alma"
Garcilaso de la Vega
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"Freedom is the breath of the spirit"
Ungaretti
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"Freedom is found not in the absence of constraints, but in their transcendence."
Eugenio Montale
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"Freedom is the right to be ourselves, fully and completely."
Eugenio Montale