The fact, in short, is that freedom, to be meaningful in an organized society must consist of an amalgam of hierarchy of freedoms and restraints. – Samuel Hendel
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. – Charles de Gaulle
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed — else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, of making a mistake,… of searching and experimenting,… of saying No to any authority — literary, artistic, philosophical, religious, social, and even political. – Ignazio Silone, The God That Failed, 1950
Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions. – Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree. – Thomas Campbell
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. – Napoleon Bonaparte
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Detroit, 1952
You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness. – Robert Frost
We have to call it “freedom”: who’d want to die for “a lesser tyranny”? – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
There are two freedoms — the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. – Charles Kingsley
No one is free when others are oppressed. – Author Unknown
Freedom means choosing your burden. – Hephzibah Menuhin
Most people want security in this world, not liberty. – H.L. Mencken, Minority Report, 1956
We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer
Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. – Author Unknown
Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond. – Jeffrey Borenstein
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. – Woodrow Wilson
The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, New York City, 1952 August 28th
