My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.
-Joseph O'connor
"Star of the Sea"
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
-Malcolm X
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
-Ronald Reagan
Freedom is only the freedom to say no.
-Jean Paul Sartre
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
-Bob Marley
