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| A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. |
| George Santayana |
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| A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest |
| Samuel Johnson |
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| As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. |
| George Washington |
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| Better to starve free than be a fat slave |
| Aesop |
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| Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people |
| Abraham Lincoln |
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| Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. |
| Albert Einstein |
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| Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. |
| Albert Camus |
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| I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph |
| Cordell Hull |
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| I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking |
| Woodrow T. Wilson |
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| Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
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| Liberty is the great parent of science and of virtue; and a nation will be great in both always in proportion as it is free. |
| Thomas Jefferson |
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| Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. |
| Kahlil Gibran |
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| The basis of a democratic state is liberty. |
| Aristotle |
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| The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind |
| Thomas Paine |
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| The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. |
| John Stuart Mill |
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| The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. |
| George Washington |
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| Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. |
| Benjamin Franklin |
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