Quotes with free-wills

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  • G.W.F. Hegel The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Confucius The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Francis Bacon To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Horace Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Horace Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Buddha 'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' - those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Abdul Kalam ... the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
    Source: Wings of Fire
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Carl Sagan A central lesson of science is that to understand complex issues (or even simple ones), we must try to free our minds of dogma and to guarantee the freedom to publish, to contradict, and to experiment. Arguments from authority are unacceptable.
    Source: Billions and Billions: Thoughts of Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenium (1997) Ch. 14, The Common Enemy.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Kofi Annan A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Eric Hoffer A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Albert Camus A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Francis Picabia A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
    Francis Picabia
    French painter and poet (1879 - 1953)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich A free-enterprise economy depends only on markets, and according to the most advanced mathematical macroeconomic theory, markets depend only on moods: specifically, the mood of the men in the pinstripes, also known as the Boys on the Street. When the Boys are in a good mood, the market thrives; when they get scared or sullen, it is time for each one of us to look into the retail apple business.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Quentin Crisp A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Abraham Lincoln A house divided against itself cannot stand - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II A hungry man is not a free man.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Milton Friedman A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
    Milton Friedman
    American economist (1912 - 2006)
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  • St. Thomas Aquinas A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Italian philosopher and theologian (1225 - 1274)
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  • Imamu Amiri Baraka A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.
    Imamu Amiri Baraka
    African-American writer of poetry, drama and fiction (1934 - 2014)
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