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Quotes about Freedom — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes about freedom, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   The caged bird longs for the sky

   — Proverb

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2. 4

   A free dog beats a tethered ox

   — Proverb

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3. 8

   Freedom comes with responsibility

   — Traditional

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4. 16

   Freedom's great, but you still need three meals

   — Proverb

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5. 32

   Give me liberty, or give me death

   — Patrick Henry

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6. 64

   Man is born free, yet in chains

   — Rousseau

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7. 128

   True freedom begins in the mind

   — Traditional

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8. 256

   Freedom is desiring nothing you lack

   — Epictetus

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9. 512

   To rule yourself is the greatest rule

   — Seneca

   Original · LatinImperare sibi maximum imperium est

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10. 1024

    Those who deny freedom deserve it not

    — Lincoln

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    We are slaves of law to be free

    — Cicero

    Original · LatinLegum denique idcirco omnes servi sumus, ut liberi esse possimus

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    Happiness depends on freedom, and freedom on courage

    — Pericles

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14. 8192

    The free man thinks least of death

    — Spinoza

    Original · LatinHomo liber de nulla re minus quam de morte cogitat

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15. 16384

    Rare happiness: to say what you think

    — Tacitus

    Original · Latinrara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet

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16. 32768

    Freedom: your own good, your own way

    — J. S. Mill

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17. 65536

    Freedom is earned anew each day

    — Goethe

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18. 131072

    The great Peng rides the wind south

    — Zhuangzi

    Original · Classical Chinese鵬之徙於南冥也，摶扶搖而上者九萬里

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