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