“Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.”
More from Spinoza on Freedom
“I call him free who is led solely by reason.”
“The purpose of the state is really freedom.”
“Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.”
“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.”
“He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason”
Others on Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
8 quotes“The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrant. It is its natural manure.”
Nelson Mandela
8 quotes“Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.”
Epictetus
7 quotes“Freedom is not archived by satisfying desire, but by eliminating it.”
Eisenhower
7 quotes“I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them ha...”
Thomas Paine
6 quotes“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
Frederick Douglass
6 quotes“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
6 quotes“To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.”
James Madison
6 quotes“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.”
Malcolm X
6 quotes“You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5 quotes“When you have robbed a man of everything he is no longer in your power. He is free again.”
Daniel Webster
5 quotes“Liberty and Union now and forever one and inseparable.”
Cicero
5 quotes“Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.”