Quotes about Freedom

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

The frustrating thing is that those who are attacking religion claim they are doing it in the name of tolerance, freedom and openmindedness. Question: Isn't the real truth that they are intolerant of religion? They refuse to tolerate its importance in our lives.

We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

Perhaps you and I have lived with this miracle too long to be properly appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.

You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.

There can be no freedom without order, and there is no order without virtue. Now, that's a simple enough formulation, but it's an insight found not only in the writings of Founding Fathers like Washington or great political thinkers like Edmund Burke; it is also found in a great part of our Judeo-Christian tradition.

If freedom, democracy, and the rights of man are to be preserved through the ages, free men and women must accept the responsibilities that go with their freedoms.

If we're free to dare — and we are — if we're free to give — and we are — then we're free to shape the future and have within our grasp all that we dream the future will be.