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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"The strongest chains are often those we forge for ourselves."Molière
"The desire for approval is the death of authenticity."Molière
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos disguised as liberty."Pierre Corneille
"To be free is to be terrified of freedom itself."Arthur Rimbaud
"Freedom is the breath of the creative spirit."Paul Verlaine
"Freedom is the condition for authentic love."Paul Verlaine
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."Voltaire
"It is forbidden to forbid."Voltaire
"Liberty of thought is the life of the soul."Voltaire
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."Voltaire
"It took a long time for mankind to realize that an idea could be attacked with words."Voltaire
"The tyranny of opinion is such that to assert a historical fact was a crime."Voltaire
"The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are."Voltaire
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos"Pierre Corneille
"The chains we forge in life are worn in death."Jean Racine
"The greatest chains are those we forge from habit."Jean Racine
"The only way to deal with tyranny is to refuse to participate in it."Charles Baudelaire
"The essence of freedom is the ability to choose one's own suffering."Charles Baudelaire
"Freedom is the privilege of creating one's own prison."Stéphane Mallarmé
"Freedom is not found in the absence of constraints, but in the acceptance of our nature."Paul Verlaine
"The greatest freedom is freedom from one's own desires."Molière
"The most logical minds are often the most imprisoned."Arthur Rimbaud
"To be free is to be terrifyingly alone with oneself."Arthur Rimbaud
"The mind cages us; the soul longs to be free."Arthur Rimbaud
"In every heart there is a room, a sacred place where we can be free."Gérard de Nerval
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."Gérard de Nerval
"I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become."Gérard de Nerval
"Freedom is the foundation of all happiness."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"Freedom requires responsibility."Victor Leconte de Lisle
"True freedom is internal and spiritual."Victor Leconte de Lisle