The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
Quotations
Freedom
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.
-William Faulkner
"Essays, Speeches & Public Letters"
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
-Thomas Jefferson
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
There is freedom in stepping out and taking risks when you know at any given moment, you can always begin again.
-Eva Gregory
Ignorance is ultimately the worst enemy of a people who want to be free.
-Jonathan Hennessey
"The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation"
Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
"Going Out"
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
-Patricia Sampson
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
-Adlai E. Stevenson
