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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"Man is not truly free when he is enslaved by poverty and ignorance."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"Freedom requires eternal vigilance."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"Lightness is the ability to see beyond the weight of things."
Italo Calvino
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"Freedom is the space to imagine otherwise."
Italo Calvino
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"Freedom is the right to imagine and create."
Italo Calvino
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"Freedom is knowing that you have chosen your chains."
Luigi Pirandello
"Freedom is a heavy load to bear, which is why many choose to surrender it."
Italo Svevo
"Freedom is the burden of creating meaning in a meaningless universe."
Italo Svevo
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"The more you own, the more it owns you."
Umberto Eco
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"To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible."
Umberto Eco
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"The price of freedom is the acceptance of responsibility."
Umberto Eco
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"The past shapes us, but it need not imprison us."
Giovanni Verga
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"The freedom to suffer is still freedom."
Giovanni Verga
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"The greatest gift is the freedom to create your own destiny."
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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"In the struggle against tyranny, the pen proves mightier than the sword."
Giosue Carducci
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"Freedom demands constant vigilance and unwavering commitment."
Giosue Carducci
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"To question authority is not rebellion; it is duty."
Giosue Carducci
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"Freedom without responsibility is merely license."
Giosue Carducci
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"The more you own, the more it owns you."
Italo Calvino
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"Literature is the space of absolute freedom."
Italo Calvino
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"Reading is a form of freedom from the prison of a single perspective."
Italo Calvino
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"Freedom is not given, it is taken."
Ugo Foscolo
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"Freedom of thought is humanity's greatest gift."
Ugo Foscolo
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"Freedom is the burden of choosing who we become each day."
Luigi Pirandello
"The path to freedom lies through discipline."
Francesco Petrarca
"Freedom is the right to live as you choose."
Francesco Petrarca
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"The human spirit yearns for freedom above all things."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"The mind can be imprisoned while the body remains free."
Alessandro Manzoni
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"The freedom of thought is the foundation of all freedom."
Alessandro Manzoni
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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."
Gabriele D'Annunzio