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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"Freedom is the most precious of human rights."Alexandre Dumas
"Freedom is not the right to do what we want but the power to do what we ought."Honoré de Balzac
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."Charlotte Brontë
"Individuality is the aim of political liberty."Charlotte Brontë
"The greatest power of the people is the ballot box."Victor Hugo
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity—these are not just political ideals."Victor Hugo
"I will maintain the existence of the human personality and assert its rights."Victor Hugo
"When liberty is taken away by force, it can be restored by force."Victor Hugo
"The more one owns, the more one is owned."Gustave Flaubert
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself from being cast into prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Émile Zola
"Freedom is the natural right of every person."Alexandre Dumas
"Freedom is worth any sacrifice."Alexandre Dumas
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me."Charlotte Brontë
"Freedom is both right and responsibility."Charlotte Brontë
"Freedom of thought is the prerequisite for all other freedoms."Émile Zola
"The freedom to do one's duty is the basis of all liberty."Honoré de Balzac
"When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it may never be recovered."Victor Hugo
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve one's liberty."Gustave Flaubert
"One should not be a slave to fashion when one's purpose is more important than appearance."Gustave Flaubert
"To be truly free, one must first free oneself from fear."Gustave Flaubert
"To be free is to accept the consequences of one's own choices."Alexandre Dumas
"Freedom is the right to fail as much as the right to succeed."Alexandre Dumas
"The path of my departure was free."Mary Shelley
"Freedom without responsibility is chaos."Émile Zola
"Freedom requires eternal vigilance against complacency."Émile Zola
"We forge the chains we wear in life."Charles Dickens
"Freedom is the very foundation of our existence."Charles Dickens
"The strongest chains are those we forge ourselves."Honoré de Balzac
"Liberty! thou art a glorious prize."William Wordsworth
"Freedom is the condition of human dignity."William Wordsworth
