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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"Men are born into freedom but everywhere are in chains."Montesquieu
"The separation of powers is the guardian of liberty."Montesquieu
"The greatest enemy of liberty is the concentration of power."Montesquieu
"A free people will always demand transparent government."Montesquieu
"The people naturally desire freedom when they understand its value."Montesquieu
"True liberty is the freedom to follow just laws."Montesquieu
"Liberty is precious; it must be guarded vigilantly."Montesquieu
"A free society balances order with liberty."Montesquieu
"The wealth of a nation is measured by the freedom of its people."Montesquieu
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."Denis Diderot
"Freedom is the first of all goods."Denis Diderot
"I pledge allegiance to nothing and no one."Denis Diderot
"Freedom is not a gift but a responsibility."Denis Diderot
"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."Jean-Paul Sartre
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence itself is an act of rebellion."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Anguish is the feeling of freedom itself."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Perfect freedom is impossible; we exist in a world of constraints."Jean-Paul Sartre
"The only real liberation is self-actualization."Jean-Paul Sartre
"We choose not because we are free, but we are free because we choose."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Facticity and freedom are always intertwined."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Regret is the acknowledgment of our freedom."Jean-Paul Sartre
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance against bad faith."Jean-Paul Sartre
"It is forbidden to forbid."Simone de Beauvoir
"Freedom is not something that one is born with, but something that must be achieved."Simone de Beauvoir
"Liberty is the condition for authentic living."Simone de Beauvoir
"There is only one way to be free: to give oneself to a cause greater than oneself."Simone de Beauvoir
"Human freedom presupposes that man is capable of wanting what he wants."Simone de Beauvoir
"The individual must take responsibility for her own liberation."Simone de Beauvoir
"To be free is to acknowledge our radical responsibility to others."Simone de Beauvoir