Justice & Rights Sayings

42 sayings found from the Ancient era from 15 authors

I would rather die than be a Roman prisoner.

— Cleopatra 30 BCE
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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

— Confucius c. 5th century BCE
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Let all men who are Christians, and those who are not, enjoy the full liberty of following that religion which they choose.

— Constantine the Great 313
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The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

— Diogenes c. 350 BCE
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The greatest blessing of mankind is the freedom of mind.

— Diogenes c. 350 BCE
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It is better to starve to death in freedom from grief and fear, than to live in plenty with perturbation.

— Epictetus c. 108 AD
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Freedom is not the right to do what you want, but the power to do what is right.

— Epictetus c. 108 AD (approximate)
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

— Epictetus 108
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The greatest fruit of self-sufficiency is freedom.

— Epicurus c. 300 BCE
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The quantity of pleasure is to be judged by the quantity of pain it removes.

— Epicurus c. 300 BCE
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If equals be added to equals, the wholes are equal.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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If equals be subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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Let it be granted that all right angles are equal to one another.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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Magnitudes which can be made to coincide are equal.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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In any right-angled triangle, the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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The angles in the same segment are equal to one another.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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To cut off from the greater of two given unequal straight lines a straight line equal to the less.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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Parallelograms which are on the same base and in the same parallels are equal to one another.

— Euclid c. 300 BCE
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