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 purchased with the currency of vigilance."
Homer
D
"We are prisoners of our own making."
Dante Alighieri
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"The soul that knows itself is free."
Dante Alighieri
D
"The spirit of man cannot be imprisoned by walls of stone."
Dante Alighieri
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"The freedom we seek externally must first be found within."
Pickering Edward
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"None can love freedom heartily but good men; the rest love not freedom but license."
Ovid
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"Freedom is the birthright of every human being."
Virgil
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"Freedom is won not once but every day."
Virgil
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"The night sky is democracy incarnate—it offers its secrets equally to all who observe."
Henrietta Leavitt
"I have found more freedom in the pursuit of truth than in any other endeavor."
Annie Jump Cannon
"Classification is not limitation; it is liberation through understanding."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"The slave to passion is more bound than any captive in chains."
Homer
"Freedom of thought is essential to scientific progress."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"The mind has no gender; only limitations we impose."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"The universe expands without limit or boundary."
Edwin Hubble
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"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, but also eternal forgiveness."
Pickering Edward
P
"Freedom is the burden of becoming responsible for the shape of your own days."
Pickering Edward
G
"Freedom is the greatest gift one can possess."
George Lemaitre
"Gender should not determine one's ability to contribute meaningfully to human knowledge."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"I have discovered that the pursuit of knowledge is itself a form of freedom."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"The ability to think independently is a rare and valuable gift."
Fritz Zwicky
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"Do not be bound by the limitations of current theories."
Fritz Zwicky
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"Do not let others define the limits of what is possible."
Fritz Zwicky
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"Do not be bound by the assumptions of your predecessors."
Fritz Zwicky
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"Do not let others dictate what you should investigate."
Fritz Zwicky
"I have found more freedom in dedication to science than in any other pursuit."
Annie Jump Cannon
"Freedom is not granted; it is claimed through demonstrated excellence."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"In acknowledging our cosmic insignificance, we find the freedom to pursue significance."
Harlow Shapley
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"Freedom is the responsibility to choose wisely, not merely to choose."
Pickering Edward
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"Freedom is not the absence of constraint, but the presence of choice."
Pickering Edward