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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains, and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, an inner light in which freedom lives and in which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965Speech to the American Legion convention, New York City (27 August 1952); as quoted in “Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson Defines the Nature of Patriotism” in Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches In History (2004) by William Safire, p. 81—82
- America
By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well⁠—a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants, and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
Hubert Humphrey1911–1978
- Debate
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
Samuel Adams1722–1803The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
- Liberty
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to Archibald Stuart , Philadelphia (23 December 1791)
- Liberty
The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.
John Adams1735–1826A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765)
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
Dick Cheney1941–2025
- Liberty
When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
- America
- Liberty
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Address (2005)
- America
- Liberty
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.
Samuel Adams1722–1803Speech in Philadelphia (1776)
- Liberty
Americans are so enamored of equality, they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859Democracy in America, Volume I (1835), Chapter III, Part I
- America
Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.
Alexis de Tocqueville1805–1859
Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (5 October 1938)
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Definition of Democracy; see Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 2 (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953), p. 532
- Democracy
- Slavery