We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
-William Faulkner
"Essays, Speeches & Public Letters"
Quotations
Freedom
Freedom is not doing what we want, but what we should.
-Victor Manuel Rivera
"In Search of True Freedom"
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
-Ronald Reagan
We gain freedom when we have paid the full price for our right to live.
-Rabindranath Tagore
I have come to realize that men are not born to be free.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
Ignorance is ultimately the worst enemy of a people who want to be free.
-Jonathan Hennessey
"The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation"
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.
-Joel Salatin
"Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front"
