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

I love America for the freedom and equality it promises all of its citizens, the battles it has fought and won in defense of those values, and the peace and prosperity we enjoy.

America, to me, is freedom.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence.

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

The precondition to freedom is security.

I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today.

I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

Freedom is a system based on courage.

Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.

Freedom is from within.

Freedom is the recognition of necessity.

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.

An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.

The precondition to freedom is security.

I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.

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

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

The American flag is the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world.

The United States is a country founded on the ideal of freedom and equality, values later underlined by key historical figures like Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.

The best road to progress is freedom's road.

All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.

Independence is happiness.

We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation.

Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.

Freedom is control in your own life.

Freedom is not negotiable.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

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

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

America's greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive.

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.

Freedom comes with responsibility.

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

Freedom is never granted; it is won.

In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

Freedom is not the absence of obligation or restraint, but the freedom of movement within healthy, chosen parameters.

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

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

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice.

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

Freedom is just freedom. It is a condition, not an agent of change. It does not develop or uplift those who win it. Freedom holds us accountable no matter the disadvantages we inherit from the past.

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history.

The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.

Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.