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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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."Voltaire
"I may disagree with you, but I will always respect your right to your opinion."Voltaire
"The conscience is the sacred fire of liberty."Voltaire
"Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too."Voltaire
"Every man is born with the right to go to hell in his own way."Voltaire
"I was never allowed to question the things that mattered."Voltaire
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Albert Camus
"A free man has no need to wait for another to give him permission to live."Albert Camus
"Freedom without responsibility is merely another form of slavery."Albert Camus
"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Radical freedom is terrifying because it removes all excuses."Jean-Paul Sartre
"We cannot be authentic in a world that demands conformity."Jean-Paul Sartre
"The moment we accept ideology, we abandon our humanity."Jean-Paul Sartre
"To deny our freedom is the greatest self-deception."Jean-Paul Sartre
"Political liberty is found when power is not arbitrary; it exists when laws are certain and known."Montesquieu
"Freedom does not consist of doing what you wish, but of doing what you ought."Montesquieu
"People should be free to think and believe as long as they harm not the state or others."Montesquieu
"The feeling of liberty depends on the proportion of taxes to revenue."Montesquieu
"In a democratic state, citizens must combine freedom with responsibility."Montesquieu
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."Denis Diderot
"Despotism can only exist through darkness."Denis Diderot
"The human spirit cannot be conquered when it remains free."Denis Diderot
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."Denis Diderot
"One is not born, but rather becomes a woman through the choices one makes in life."Simone de Beauvoir
"Freedom is not given, it is created through conscious action and commitment."Simone de Beauvoir
"We are our choices, nothing more and nothing less."Simone de Beauvoir
"One's relationship with one's own body is fundamental to one's freedom."Simone de Beauvoir
"The desire for approval can become the prison we construct for ourselves."Simone de Beauvoir
"We inherit neither our destiny nor our nature; we create both."Simone de Beauvoir