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 mind that can grasp infinity is the mind that is truly free."Hilbert, David
"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."Weyl, Hermann
"The freedom to think is the most fundamental of all human rights."Weyl, Hermann
"Freedom of thought is the birthright of every human."Church, Alonzo
"We are servants of the laws of nature, but we can choose how we serve them."Poincaré, Henri
"Freedom without responsibility is merely chaos with a pleasant name."Poincaré, Henri
"Freedom is the opportunity to act in accordance with one's nature."Whitehead, Alfred North
"The future is not predetermined; it emerges from the creative decisions of actual entities."Whitehead, Alfred North
"The paradox of freedom is that true freedom requires discipline and responsibility."Whitehead, Alfred North
"We have only to postulate the right of the interrogator to put questions."Turing, Alan
"Language constrains what thought can freely explore in the realm of pure reason."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"One achieves freedom of thought only by mastering the discipline of logic."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"The pursuit of understanding is the highest expression of human freedom."Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to preserve oneself, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."Hilbert, David
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Church, Alonzo
"The mind that embraces abstraction will never be imprisoned by particulars."Church, Alonzo
"To be free is to be responsible for your own thought."Church, Alonzo
"Every moment is an opportunity to choose differently."Church, Alonzo
"To live is to choose, and to choose is to define ourselves."Poincaré, Henri
"The future is not written; it is created by our choices."Poincaré, Henri
"In every moment, we have the power to choose differently."Poincaré, Henri
"The only true freedom is the freedom to think for oneself."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Freedom consists in understanding necessity."Dummett, Michael
"Freedom of thought is needed in the pursuit of truth."Gödel, Kurt
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that one's very existence is an act of rebellion."Gödel, Kurt
"Thoughts are free from the contingencies of time and causation."Frege, Gottlob
"Freedom and determinism are not as opposed as they seem."Putnam, Hilary
"To think mathematically is to free oneself from the constraints of mere intuition."Church, Alonzo
"In formal systems, precision is not a limitation but a liberation."Church, Alonzo
"Determinism and freedom seem incompatible upon analysis."Dummett, Michael