You might as well expect the rivers to run backwards as that any man who was born a free man should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. ~ Chief Joseph, An Indian's Views of Indian Affairs

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope. ~ Winston Churchill

We have confused the free with the free and easy. ~ Adlai Stevenson, Putting First Things First

Karma is the eternal asertion of human freedom... Our thoughts, our words, and deeds are threads of the net we throw around ourselves. ~ Swami Vivekananda

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. ~ Eric Hoffer

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ~ George Washington, Our Country's Presidents

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit. ~ Igor Stravinsky

The greatest power of freedom is to overcome hatred and violence, and turn the creative gifts of men and women to the pursuits of peace. ~ George W. Bush

There’s a type of freedom that occurs when everything that you’ve believed in and worked for is shattered, because then you have the opportunity to rebuild and to put yourself back together in a new way. ~ Dennis Kucinich

Every virtuous man is free. ~ Philo

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