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"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom."

John Locke on Freedom

More quotes about Freedom

  • "Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."

    Ronald Reagan on Freedom

  • "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

    Nelson Mandela on Freedom

  • "If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

    Dwight D. Eisenhower on Freedom

  • "I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."

    Robert A. Heinlein on Freedom

  • "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

    Mahatma Gandhi on Freedom

More quotes by John Locke

  • "To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality."

  • "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts."

  • "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."

  • "No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience."

  • "Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip."

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