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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"Real freedom means the freedom to fail."
Popper, Karl
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"The most important freedom is the freedom of thought."
Popper, Karl
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"The problem of free will dissolves under logical analysis."
Ayer, Alfred Jules
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"Freedom is the ground of truth."
Heidegger, Martin
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"The abyss of freedom is hidden in the essence of human existence."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Destiny is not determined but disclosed in authentic decision."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Democracy is a way of personal life and not merely a form of government."
Dewey, John
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"Freedom means more than the absence of external constraint; it means self-control."
Dewey, John
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that the very existence becomes an act of rebellion."
Dewey, John
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"Freedom is the essence of human existence."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"Freedom grows through understanding."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"Freedom is realized through understanding."
Dilthey, Wilhelm
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"To philosophize is to clarify; to clarify is to liberate the mind from confusion."
Carnap, Rudolf
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"Freedom requires understanding; understanding requires clear thinking; clear thinking requires precise language."
Carnap, Rudolf
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"A man will be imprisoned in a room with an open door that will not pull him out."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?"
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that the very existence is an act of rebellion."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"The human spirit will not be bound by causal chains."
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
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"Freedom consists in understanding the structures that bind us."
Husserl, Edmund
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"We are condemned to meaning; we cannot escape the interpretive structures that define us."
Husserl, Edmund
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"Freedom is found not in the absence of structures but in understanding them."
Husserl, Edmund
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"Give up the lie of the idea that you must earn the admiration of the world and you will be relieved of an immense burden."
James, William
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"Individuality is the aim of political liberty."
James, William
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"Freedom is the ground upon which rests the possibility of all essence."
Heidegger, Martin
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"Authentic freedom is not arbitrary choice but fidelity to what calls us."
Heidegger, Martin
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"We are condemned to freedom; this is both our burden and our possibility."
Heidegger, Martin
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"No one can be perfectly free till all are free."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Freedom comes not from the absence of restriction, but from wise restriction."
Spencer, Herbert
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"Genuine freedom is the ability to direct our own thinking."
Dewey, John
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"In a democratic society, the freedom of individuals is bound up with the freedom of others."
Dewey, John