Who is more to be pitied a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

Liberals it has been said are generous with other peoples' money except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment don't understand the idea of freedom of speech and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts patriotism idealism a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

Governments that block the aspirations of their people that steal or are corrupt that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people or where warranted the reach of international law.

We seek peace knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

When there is state there can be no freedom but when there is freedom there will be no state.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law where there is no law there is no freedom.

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine freedom and a little flower.

How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.