Freedom Quotes

"Blind belief in authority is the enemy of truth."

"Freedom in thought and action is essential to the progress of mankind."

"Freedom of thought is prerequisite to all other freedoms."

"In the space between stimulus and response lies our freedom, and in that freedom lies our power."

"Every man has the right to make a fool of himself."

"If we are going to have to choose between freedom and security, I choose freedom."

"Choice is not given to us. We must always choose. But perhaps we have the right to choose our choice."

"When a man devotes himself to science, he must be very careful that he does not become the slave of his own instruments."

"The highest privilege of science is the freedom to question."

"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."

"The measure of depth in thought is the measure of one's freedom."

"Freedom in mathematics means liberation from the tyranny of the assumed and the unproven."

"The law of excluded middle, if accepted without proof, becomes a prison of the mind."

"The act of mathematical creation is the highest expression of human freedom."

"The mathematician's freedom lies in the construction of new truths, not the discovery of old ones."

"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."

"The foundations of mathematics are not as solid as we once believed, and this is liberating."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"The purpose of freedom is to create conditions under which it can flourish."

"The production of modern knowledge does require a certain freedom."

"The world is not determined by fate; it is contingent and open."

"The mind that loves mathematics loves freedom and order simultaneously."

"Gauge invariance is the mathematical expression of fundamental physical freedom."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to prevent one's friends from being hanged. In all else it is bad form to follow man's lead."

"One should respect public opinion in so far as necessary to avoid starvation and keep one's friends from being hanged. In all else, bad form to follow it."

"The essence of mathematics is freedom in thought and action."

"To do mathematics is to exercise the freedom of thought."

"To do mathematics is to exercise our most fundamental human freedom."

"The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom."

"The rigor of mathematics is not a restriction but a liberation."