You have freedom when you're e...

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

~Robert Frost~

Yesterday the greatest questio...

Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ''that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.''

~John Adams~

Without freedom, no one really...

Without freedom, no one really has a name.

~Milton Acorda~

Who speaks of liberty while th...

Who speaks of liberty while the human mind is in chains?

~Francis Wright, 1828~

When we were told that by free...

When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of ''happiness'' has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.

~Hannah Arendt~

When the People contend for th...

When the People contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything for their Victory but new Masters.

~George Savile~

We on this continent should ne...

We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls.

~Robert J. McCracken~

We must be free not because we...

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

~William Faulkner~

We have to call it ""freedom"": ...

We have to call it ""freedom"": who'd want to die for ""a lesser tyranny""?

~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960~

We have enjoyed so much freedo...

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.

~Felix Frankfurter~

We feel free when we escape - ...

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire.

~Eric Hoffer~

We cannot defend freedom abroa...

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

~Edward R. Murrow~

We are free, truly free, when ...

We are free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths.

~Ricardo Flores Magon, speech, 31 May 1914~

Those who expect to reap the b...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

~Thomas Paine~

Those who deny freedom to othe...

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it.

~Abraham Lincoln~

They that can give up essentia...

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759~

There are two freedoms - the f...

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~

The unity of freedom has never...

The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy~

The sound of tireless voices i...

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

~Adlai E. Stevenson
1900-1965, American Lawyer, Politician~

The fly that touches honey can...

The fly that touches honey cannot use it's wings; so too the soul that clings to spiritual sweetness ruins it's freedom and hinders contemplation.

~Ghose Aurobindo~