O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

O Liberté, o liberte, que de crimes on commet en ton nom!

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Freedom

Speaker

Jeanne Manon Philipon Roland de la Platiere [Madame Roland]

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

Histoire des Girondins

Genre

Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Madame Roland. Last words before her execution by guillotine. 8 Nov. 1793, Paris, France.

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No man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

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Topic
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A Vindication of the Rights of Men
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: J. Johnson, 1790.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Men." A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote about Freedom

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.

James Baldwin

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Topic
Nature of freedom Liberation Freedom

Author

James Baldwin
Source
Notes for a Hypothetical Novel Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Baldwin, James. "Notes for a Hypothetical Novel." Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son. Dial Press, 1961.

Another quote originally in French

When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Women's equality Men and women

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Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Second Sex
Genre
Historical literature Feminist literature
Language
French
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 2, Gallimard, 1949.

Current Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.