Freedom Quotes
The most fought-for idea in human history, explored by those who won it, lost it, and fought to keep it.
28646 quotes
E
E
W
H
H
A
A
J
D
G
G
G
G
G
A
A
J
J
"I believe that intellectual freedom is fundamental to human dignity."Emmy Noether
"The scholar's life is a life of freedom and purpose."Emmy Noether
"The curious mind is the free mind."William Harvey
"The self is defined by the choices it makes."Kurt Gödel
"Reserve the right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all."Hypatia of Alexandria
"Freedom of thought is the foundation of all other freedoms."Hypatia of Alexandria
"I have found that the pursuit of knowledge is the most satisfying form of freedom available to us."Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
"I have come to believe that the pursuit of knowledge is an act of freedom and self-determination."Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
"Women must be allowed to develop their minds as freely as men develop theirs."Sophie Germain
"To think is to be free; to accept without question is to be enslaved."Sophie Germain
"A mind confined is a mind that will never soar."Sophie Germain
"To question is to exercise the highest human privilege."Sophie Germain
"The greatest freedom is the freedom to think without restraint."Sophie Germain
"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."Joseph Thomson
"No one shall expel us from the paradise that Cantor created for us."David Hilbert
"The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom."Georg Cantor
"The mathematician is entirely free to construct his abstract beings."Georg Cantor
"I claim the right to study the infinite in my own way."Georg Cantor
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a form of liberation."Georg Cantor
"The infinite is not a limit, but a liberation."Georg Cantor
"I find freedom in the acceptance of logical limitation."Kurt Gödel
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Bertrand Russell
"One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Bertrand Russell
"The question of free will is important from the practical point of view."Bertrand Russell
"Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure."Bertrand Russell
"Knowledge pursued for its own sake is the highest form of freedom."André-Marie Ampère
"To live without understanding is to live in chains."André-Marie Ampère
"The human spirit thrives when given room to explore."Joseph Thomson
"Adventure calls to those whose spirits refuse confinement."Joseph Thomson
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Kurt Gödel