Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

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

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

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.