Freedom Quotes

"The question of whether there is a free will is of vital importance."

"Liberty is not the power to do what one wishes, but to do what one ought."

"Freedom without virtue is chaos."

"I will go this one way, and my reason will go with me."

"I refuse to recognize my opponent's right to judge my utterances."

"Freedom without responsibility is merely license."

"Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others."

"The freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by."

"To maintain their freedom, people must remain vigilant against those who would curtail it."

"The very essence of freedom is that one man may believe what another disbelieves."

"A man is not truly free until he controls his own mind."

"The mind must be free to think, or it ceases to be a mind."

"The greatest gift of the Holy One, blessed be He, to mankind is free will."

"He acts according to divine power who acts from the laws of his own nature."

"A man who is guided by reason is more free in a state or commonwealth than in solitude."

"Freedom flourishes where justice prevails."

"Freedom without responsibility becomes tyranny."

"A man is free to choose what he wills, but he wills what he must."

"Liberty or freedom is accurately defined as consisting in the power of acting or of not acting, according to the determinations of the will."

"The mind is by its nature so independent that it cannot be forced into obedience."

"Liberty consists in the power of doing that which one ought to do."

"Freedom then is not what here I shall speak of, though it too deserves consideration."

"The freedom then of man and liberty of acting according to his own will is grounded on his having reason."

"Every man is born with a double right, first a right of freedom to his person."

"A person is free when they are not subject to the will or control of another."

"Where there is no law, there is no freedom."

"The great principle is to preserve liberty, not to destroy it."

"The greatest freedom is liberation from the tyranny of the self."

"The freedom of thought is the foundation upon which all other freedoms rest."

"Freedom is not the absence of laws, but their proper understanding and application."