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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"Women have the same right as men to be free."Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"The source of all our misery is the slavery of the human race."Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"The greatest danger to liberty is the concentration of power."Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"What we call destiny is often just the result of our choices."Molière
"The most dangerous prison is the one we build in our own minds."Molière
"We are bound by the chains we refuse to break."Jean Racine
"The freedom to think is the foundation of all other freedoms."Jean Racine
"The artist transforms restriction into freedom."Stéphane Mallarmé
"Language both binds and liberates."Stéphane Mallarmé
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."Voltaire
"Nothing is more important than freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom is power."Voltaire
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."Voltaire
"Beware of the words 'I am' and 'must' in life."Voltaire
"It is forbidden to forbid."Voltaire
"Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains."Voltaire
"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."Voltaire
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."Voltaire
"True freedom is in the mind"Arthur Rimbaud
"The soul cannot be imprisoned"Arthur Rimbaud
"Freedom is the breath of the soul."Paul Verlaine
"Freedom is the right of every soul."Paul Verlaine
"The greatest freedom is the freedom from the opinions of others."Charles Baudelaire
"Freedom without responsibility is merely another form of slavery."Charles Baudelaire
"The mind is the true seat of freedom."Pierre Corneille
"The greatest gift is the freedom to choose one's path."Pierre Corneille
"Freedom without responsibility becomes tyranny."Pierre Corneille
"We are enslaved by the very desires we pursue."Jean Racine
"Freedom without responsibility breeds chaos."Jean Racine
"The ultimate form of freedom is silence."Stéphane Mallarmé
"We are all slaves to our own desires."Molière