In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. – Simone de Beauvoir

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. – John Burroughs, Journal

This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. – Lyndon B. Johnson