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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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."Théophile Gautier
"To possess is to be possessed; to love is to be free."Théophile Gautier
"The true measure of wealth is how many things you can afford to leave undone."Théophile Gautier
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Guy de Maupassant
"Freedom without responsibility is merely the right to destroy."Guy de Maupassant
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Ann Radcliffe
"Freedom is not merely the absence of chains."Ann Radcliffe
"I do not wish them to have power over men, but over themselves."Mary Wollstonecraft
"I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real or usurped, extends not to me."Mary Wollstonecraft
"Slavery to love is the most shameful slavery of all."Mary Wollstonecraft
"Would men but generously snap our chains, and be content with rational fellowship instead of slavish obedience, they would find us more observant daughters."Mary Wollstonecraft
"No one has a right to force another into virtue."Mary Wollstonecraft
"Nothing could be more absurd than the notion that a woman was created to be the companion of man's leisure hours."Mary Wollstonecraft
"The only way women can rise is by leaving behind the prejudices of those who created their bondage."Mary Wollstonecraft
"No man has a right to obstruct the other in his pursuit of happiness."Mary Wollstonecraft
"Freedom is worth any sacrifice."Henry Fielding
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."George Sand
"Freedom is the first good; acquaintance with our own ignorance the second."Frances Burney
"The birds of freedom sing in every heart."Frances Burney
"True freedom is not the ability to do whatever you wish, but the wisdom to wish only what is right."Daniel Defoe
"Freedom is the birthright of all people."Daniel Defoe
"Freedom is the right to choose one's own way."Laurence Sterne
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos."Ann Radcliffe
"Freedom is the right to fail as well as succeed."Ann Radcliffe
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Stendhal
"Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all."Stendhal
"The mind creates a kind of prison for itself through habitual thought."Stendhal
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."George Sand
"I have always believed that a woman should be free to do whatever she believes."George Sand
"The most cherished possession of man is his freedom."Frances Burney