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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.”

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

“I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.”

“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”

“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.”

“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”

“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.”

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”

“My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!”

“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”

“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”

“Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.”

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

“The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”

“It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.”

“One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.”

“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”