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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Topic

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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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

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Thomas Paine
Source
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Genre
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Paine, Thomas. Rights of man. Part the second. London: J. S. Jordan, 1792.

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Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man Part the second." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote about Freedom

Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Topic
Freedom Liberation The human condition

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
The Social Contract
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1762 1760s 18th century
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote originally in French

Give us this day our television, and an automobile, but deliver us from freedom.

Masculin Féminin

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Actor
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Source
Masculin Féminin
Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
French
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Masculin Féminin [Masculine Feminine]. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Anouchka Films-Argos Films/Sandrews-Svenskfilmindustri, 1966.