Olympe de Gouges Quotes on Freedom
Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political philosopher of the Revolution, the author of the 1791 Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen. This page collects quotes attributed to Olympe de Gouges on the topic of freedom, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Woman is born free and lives equal to man in her rights.”
Declaration of the Rights of Woman -
Attributed to Olympe de Gouges:
“If a woman has the right to mount the scaffold, she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum.”
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Attributed to Olympe de Gouges:
“The exercise of natural rights has no limits except those that the natural rights of others impose upon it.”
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Attributed to Olympe de Gouges:
“A constitution is the work of all hands, or it is the work of none.”