The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

The precondition to freedom is security.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

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

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

You can only be free if I am free.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

A hungry man is not a free man.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Freedom is from within.

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.

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.

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

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

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.

Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.