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 universe does not choose; it preserves every choice across infinite branches."Everett, Hugh
"Determinism and free will are both illusions cast by our ignorance of quantum reality."Everett, Hugh
"The laws of physics are not chains but invitations to infinite exploration."Everett, Hugh
"Determinism dies in quantum mechanics, but not because the world is random—because it is infinite."Everett, Hugh
"The branching of worlds is nature's way of respecting all possibilities."Everett, Hugh
"Every choice spawns a world; therefore, all choices are eternally made."Everett, Hugh
"We are caught in a web of our own making, our own thoughts."Bohm, David
"We must break free from the tyranny of fragmented thought."Bohm, David
"To be free, you must understand the chains that bind you."Bohm, David
"The choice between paradigms is a choice between incompatible modes of community life."Kuhn, Thomas
"We are all living in superposition until we make a choice."Everett, Hugh
"The determinism we perceive is merely a choice of reference frame."Everett, Hugh
"Randomness at the quantum level may be the universe's way of ensuring freedom."Everett, Hugh
"Every choice unmakes infinite other choices, and every one of those is equally real."Everett, Hugh
"The future is not determined by the past but by all paths the present might take."Everett, Hugh
"Freedom comes when we truly understand that we are not separate from the whole."Bohm, David
"We must escape from the tyranny of fragmented thought."Bohm, David
"Freedom requires that we question our deepest assumptions."Bohm, David
"The mind's freedom depends on its connection to the whole."Bohm, David
"Freedom is the natural result of understanding our true nature."Bohm, David
"People who are willing to give up essential liberties for temporary security deserve neither."Dirac, Paul
"Intellectual freedom is the lifeblood of scientific progress."Dirac, Paul
"I don't like honors. I'm better when I don't have honors."Feynman, Richard
"It is nice to have control over these various things."Feynman, Richard
"The principle of science is you do not protect it."Feynman, Richard
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's work from being suppressed, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Heisenberg, Werner
"Every man has the right to make an ass of himself."Heisenberg, Werner
"One of the most important requirements for the spiritual development of man is to free him from the chains of daily routine."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Nature abhors determinism as much as it abhors a vacuum."Schrödinger, Erwin
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in its major aspects, but never be enslaved by it."Schrödinger, Erwin