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.
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.
‘Freedom from fear’ could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.
I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.
You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
I need this wild life, this freedom.
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas.
We’re giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.
Freedom is not enough.
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
Freedom rings where opinions clash.
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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.
Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
