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 liberation of man from social and economic restrictions is the great task of our age."Dewey, John
"To be truly free is to direct the course of one's own intellectual development."Dewey, John
"The more you own, the more it owns you."Wittgenstein, Ludwig
"A man will be imprisoned in a room with an open door that he does not see."Wittgenstein, Ludwig
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."Wittgenstein, Ludwig
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."Wittgenstein, Ludwig
"The human spirit cannot be imprisoned by deterministic laws; there is always freedom in interpretation."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Freedom is not the absence of constraint but the ability to act from one's own understanding and will."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Freedom is realized through the authentic expression of one's deepest understanding and values."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"The chief danger to freedom of thought is the thought of authority."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The freedom which we commonly call freedom of the will is impossible unless necessity be denied."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The human essence lies in freedom."Heidegger, Martin
"Freedom is not the absence of constraint but authentic responsibility."Heidegger, Martin
"The essence of freedom is the freedom of authentic choice."Heidegger, Martin
"We are condemned to meaning; we cannot escape the fact that our experience is always meaningful."Husserl, Edmund
"Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man."Spencer, Herbert
"Individuality is the most precious thing in life."Spencer, Herbert
"True morality can exist only in a state of freedom."Spencer, Herbert
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."James, William
"The facts of life are not of our choosing; but what we make of them is."James, William
"Individuality is the measure of civilization."James, William
"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people have to take for themselves."Dewey, John
"Individuality is only possible if it emerges from genuine community."Dewey, John
"The nature of the beast determines how it survives, but humans determine their own nature through their actions."Dewey, John
"The greatest of all freedoms is the freedom to think."Dewey, John
"The human spirit thrives when given the freedom to create and to question."Dewey, John
"Freedom is the only basis of sound ethics."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Freedom consists in understanding the historical forces that shape our existence."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"History is the arena in which human freedom is realized and constrained."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Freedom emerges when we understand the historical necessity that binds us."Dilthey, Wilhelm